Divorce in Japan

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"Divorce has been a social problem in the United States for some time, and rising divorce statistics have been blamed on the sexual revolution, the tensions of modern society, a breakdown in moral values, and a number of other possible issues. A more traditional society such as Japan has been held out as an example of what the West should be, but in truth the divorce rate has been increasing in Japan over the last decade, leading to the question as to why this is happening.


In 1993, divorces in Japan reached an all-time high of 189,000, and at the same time the birth rate fell to 9.6 births per 1,000 people as the total births decreased 17 percent to 1.19 million, below 1.2 million for the first time ("Japanese Births Mark a Low" A8). This is troubling to a country where family and family relations are so central to the social structure. The..."

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