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Surveys have shown that many young Japanese are reluctant to marry or have families because of concerns about the high cost of living in big cities, a lack of good jobs, and a work culture that makes it difficult for both partners to have jobs, or for women to return to full-time employment after having children.

The economist Takashi Kadokura said on a Yahoo Japan news blog that local government efforts to promote marriage were not working and marriages were not increasing because of the growing number of non-regular workers who found it financially difficult to start a family.


https://www.theguardian.com/world/articl...ion-crisis
It is the same situation in S'pore owing to the high cost of living, long hours in demanding jobs, fast pace of life and limited opportunities to meet a partner. 
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