"老害殺害計画," literally translated as "The Master Plan to Kill the Old Guards," was the title of the book promised by a Tokyo-based right-wing publisher a year ago in May 25, 2022 to now worldly famous (or infamous) professor #YusukeNarita, @YaleEconomics Assistant Professor. 
https://twitter.com/minowanowa/status/1529460479332036608
Although Narita wrote in his email response to @nytimes that his comments "primarily concerned" the "tycoons" who remain in control of various industries, he did not make the distinction when aging in rural villages was being discussed. He proposed the same solution.
So it is safe to assume that his "only solution" applies not only to the "old guards" but also to the common elderly who "may become harm to society," which is what the wording "老害" stands for; a harm brought on to the society by gerontocracy. So how will distinction be made?
That's exactly what Narita has failed to elaborate since he has professed "mass suicide", "mass seppuku" or voluntary/involuntary euthanasia as solution to the aging problem. If that's the case, how will other people make the distinction, especially the elderly themselves?
By what 'measure' can a society, a community, a family, or an individual, judge an elderly if he/she is or a would-be a 'harm to society'? Who makes the call? Who judges that call? What are the safeguards, if any. These are some of the things Narita has failed to address.
And if they are judged as 'harm to society' can a society simply choose to 'eliminate' an individual based on such judgement? If there is a law they could, but weren't such laws condemned when it was enforced by the Nazi regime? Is it being 'legal' an excuse to be inhumane?
The more we try to discuss the plausibility of his "only solution" the more wary we would become of the need to uphold fundamental human rights before any need of the community, society, or a state. Without these bedrocks, we can easily slide down 'that' slippery slope.
An economics professor advocating for the employment of these inhumane acts as public policy must be heavily scrutinized, as this Indian TV program has rightly pointed to. It cannot be taken lightly or accepted as 'easy way out' of the dark tunnel.
https://twitter.com/firstpost/status/1625192644984053760?t=W5xIgdZ6U_KnDn4GetPK9g&s=19
Some more background.
https://twitter.com/tkatsumi06j/status/1613376821814505474?t=d5X9DpS_YN9scr4mm6QFMw&s=19
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