Japanese men want a mommy.
“I have never met a Japanese man who did not want me to be his mommy.” So does the Washington Post today describe the birth crisis facing contemporary Japan, which I refer to as “Womb Strike” in my book.
Blaine Harden correctly notes that the number of children being born per married Japanese woman has held steady for three decades..but the rate of marriage has plunged. This once again shows that the decrease in fertility is related to the refusal of Japanese women to wed.
Harden’s piece shows that nearly two years after Shutting Out the Sun was published, there has not been much change.