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There is continuing debate about the role women's education plays in Japan's declining birthrate. [78] Japan's total fertility rate is 1.4 children born per woman (2015 estimate), [79] which is below the replacement rate of 2.1. Japanese women have their first child at an average age of 30.3 (2012 estimate). [79]
A growing number of young women are remaining unmarried in Japan today, a development often viewed as a rebellion against the traditional confines of women's restrictive roles as wives and mothers. In 2004, 54% of Japanese women in their 20s were single, as opposed to 30.6% in 1985. [34]
Gender roles in Japan are deeply entwined with the East Asian country's religious and cultural history. Japan's most popular philosophy [citation needed], Confucianism, enforces gendered rules relating to fashion and public behavior. For instance, from a young age, Japanese men are taught the importance of professional success, higher education ...
Eight years ago, Yuriko Koike became the first woman to lead Tokyo, beating her male predecessor. Multiple women competing for a top political office is still rare in Japan, which has a terrible ...
With a history spanning more than 1,200 years, “hadaka matsuri,” or the naked festival, is Japanese masculinity on full display.Quite literally. Across Japan, in freezing winter, thousands of ...
A powerful Japanese business lobby is calling on the government to allow married couples to keep dual surnames, saying the lack of freedom to do so hinders women’s advancement and has even ...
After the Meiji Restoration in 1868, the concept of human rights and universal suffrage began to take hold in Japan. During the late 19th century, the first proponents for women's rights advocated, not for political inclusion or voting rights, but for reforms in the patriarchal society oppressing women.
Yaeko would later be one of the first civil leaders for women's rights in Japan. [35] Women fighting the Imperial army during the Subjugation of Kagoshima in Sasshu (Satsuma), by Yoshitoshi, 1877. The end of the Edo period was a time of great political turmoil that continued into the Meiji period (1868–1912).