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Low Birthrate Problem in Japan

In the Japanese society, we can find that innovation and conservatism live together. The Japanese people are innovative on technological matters. They don't jib at casting away unwanted technology. As the result, they are surrounded by the most advanced technology. However their mentality is essentially conservative. The Japanese people don't want to change the base of their society. The speed of social change is very slow.
This gave them the possibility that they could create new political change without disastrous revolution. However,today, this gives them a dilemma that the Japanese society can't get revolutionary changes in spite of the needs.
The Japanese Constitution provides the equality of gender and sex. The achieving isn't yet enough, but women can get rights more than they ever had been before.
As the result, it has become difficult to have many children in the Japanese society. Working women can't give birth of many children. Generally speaking, conservative politicians and voters think that the low birth rate problem is caused by women's selfishness.
"The reason why women give birth less than before is because they prefer hedonic consumption to having home life."
This is a typical view of the conservatives. Therefore, the Liberal Democratic Party which is a conservative political party in Japan, did nothing about the low birthrate problem. It was an administration party since 1955 until 2009, except 1993.
Conservative politicians still object to letting husbands and wives use different surnames. They can't accept that government gives bastard children the legal rights that are same with the rights of children born in wedlock. They think that such policy will break the cement of family. They ignore the fact that many bastard children are born, and the need that government must realize human equality.
As the result, in the Japanese society, it is very difficult for single mothers to have children, and to bring up children alone. There aren't enough public supports.
Japan will ruin because of such consevatism. Those who destroy Japan are conservative people.

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