The commodification of romance in relation to fertility rate in Japan: a case study in Tokunoshima.
Japan's low fertility rate has been a concern for over thirty years. Despite a vast literature on the topic, numerous policies and measures to boost the country's fertility rate, and the will of Japanese people to have a family, Japan seems powerless to remedy the problem commonly called shôshika in...
| Published in: | Japan Forum Vol. 36; no. 3; pp. 352 - 375 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Sep2024
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