The Japanese government will be raising their consumption tax from 8% to 10% to pay for additional entitlements, particularly free childcare and free preschool benefits.

This is an effort to "energize" Japan's economy by making it easier for women to participate in the workforce.

It is at its core a bachelor tax to force men who are increasingly checking out of traditional roles into subsidizing women's life choices.

The global consensus amongst economists is that this move has a very high risk of tanking Japanese economy and futher push it into a recession.

When your failed policies are causing a whole gender to not GAF, doubledown.

Additional sources:

https://www.economist.com/asia/2019/09/26/a-tax-hike-threatens-the-health-of-japans-economy

https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20191001_12/