Of course, this was based on the average of secondary school students. But we couldn't believe it. As you know, most Japanese students go to cram school after public school. When they come home, they watch TV during dinner and do not talk with their family at all. The primary concern of parents is to have their children attend a good school, so that they can enter the university.
University seems to be the main goal for their children.
Professor Hayashi also sees society as having a role. The size of Japan is about the same as California, but the population is 120.000.000. So the price of land is VERY expensive. If we own a small portion of land, it will be sold for much more several years later. In the late eighties, many people bought land and sold it many times to earn money without working.