... countries, Japan's population growth has slowed in recent years despite a steady decrease in the death rate. The government fears fewer babies - births are down to an all-time low of 1.39 per woman. This will mean a less prosperous, more troubled and lonelier Japan. The trend will increasingly squeeze funds needed to provide for the rapidly increasing numbers of elderly among the ... Japan are now becoming more independent; the traditional roles of housewives and mother are no longer being instilled in them from an early childhood. The status of the average Japanese woman has changed ma...

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