Violent antisocial crimes by teenagers have sent shockwaves through Japan in recent years, hinting worryingly at cracks in the very foundations of modern Japanese society. ..... At any rate, one needs to consider such behavior of young people within the context of the larger society -- and it is adults, as Takeda points out, who have pushed consumption on younger and younger children and looke to cellphones as a potential rescuer from the recession.
――関西外国語大学(外国語学部英米語学科)――2003年