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Indeed, Japan is having less children... and that's in part because all of a sudden even women are working in jobs that are traditionally held by men (and at similarly long hours), leaving far less time for dating, marriage, and gettin' it on. But that shift has been EXTREMELY swift, and only over the last 15-20 years or so. For example, when Ayu met Mikajohn, her position as the head of a company was INCREDBILY unusual and is one of the reasons Ayu liked her - these days, women are in charge of alot more companies, but the conservative mindset is still very very pervasive. It seems paradoxical but mindsets about what's normal and acceptable tend to change well after the societal change that one would expect to come FROM that mindset. ...If that sentence made any sense. lol
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