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World Service,1 min

Why Japanese women don't want to have children

The World This Week

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Census figures out this week showed that over-65s make up 27% of the population. And the population is getting smaller. Rupert Wingfield-Hayes in Tokyo tells Jackie Leonard why young Japanese women are reluctant to become mothers. Photo: A Japanese baby crying while wearing ear-defenders at the Suzuka Formula One racing circuit. Credit: EPA/Diego Azubel

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