Japan shouldn't care that South Korea has higher GDP per capita

Both countries have to learn from each other, and focus on quality of life and happiness

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A crowded shopping street in Seoul's Myeongdong district. © AP

Kang-Kook Lee is a professor at Ritsumeikan University's Graduate School of Economics in Japan.

A matter of pride for South Koreans is that their country is set this year to overtake Japan in terms of gross domestic product per capita for the first time.

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