Michael: This is probably true since their work lives are so compartmentalized in Japan. Having said that though I know a few colleagues when they go abroad for conferences their spouses often accompany them. Recently the Japanese government is taking the step to make it illegal if Japanese men do not take annual vacations!
Anthony xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Anthony P. D'Costa, Chair & Professor of Contemporary Indian Studies Australia India Institute and School of Social & Political Sciences University of Melbourne, 147-149 Barry Street, Carlton VIC 3053, AUSTRALIA Ph: +61 3 9035 6161 Visit the Australia India Institute Website http://www.aii.unimelb.edu.au/ <https://owa.unimelb.edu.au/owa/redir.aspx?C=KGdpeyp6YEyjUaiENKoAtx8nOn9uStAIlCVtCNE3uLxqkGIwkWdEYjJXILfPlddrM0Q1713syQQ.&URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.aii.unimelb.edu.au%2f> *Forthcoming: *After-Development Dynamics (on South Korea) http://ukcatalogue.oup.com/product/9780198729433.do *Recent Conference (The Land Question)* *http://idsk.edu.in/program.php <http://idsk.edu.in/program.php>* *New Book Series (Dynamics of Asian Development)* *http://www.springer.com/series/13342 <http://www.springer.com/series/13342>New Article (Compressed Capitalism and Development)* *http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/14672715.2014.898458#.VLmgj4rF_3p <http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/14672715.2014.898458#.VLmgj4rF_3p>* *Recent books:* *http://ukcatalogue.oup.com/product/9780198082286.do#.UI5Wzmc2dI0 <https://owa.unimelb.edu.au/owa/redir.aspx?C=KGdpeyp6YEyjUaiENKoAtx8nOn9uStAIlCVtCNE3uLxqkGIwkWdEYjJXILfPlddrM0Q1713syQQ.&URL=http%3a%2f%2fukcatalogue.oup.com%2fproduct%2f9780198082286.do%23.UI5Wzmc2dI0>* *http://ukcatalogue.oup.com/product/academic/ef/economics/development/9780199646210.do <http://ukcatalogue.oup.com/product/academic/ef/economics/development/9780199646210.do>* *http://www.anthempress.com/a-new-india-pb <http://www.anthempress.com/a-new-india-pb>* *http://www.palgrave.com/page/detail/?K=9780230209459 <http://www.palgrave.com/page/detail/?K=9780230209459>* xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx On Mon, Feb 16, 2015 at 10:56 AM, Perelman, Michael <[email protected]> wrote: > Anthony, I found your insights about Japan very interesting. > > > > When I was in Tokyo a couple of years ago, several of the professors that > I met found it curious that my wife was accompanying me. They told us that > wives do not travel with their husbands. I found that curious. Blanche > had less neutral terms for that practice. > > > > > > Michael Perelman > > Economics Department > > California State University > > Mperelman at csuchico.edu > > Chico, CA 95929 > > 530-898-5321 > > fax 530-898-5901 > > www.michaelperelman.wordpress.com > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Anthony D'Costa > *Sent:* Sunday, February 15, 2015 1:42 PM > *To:* Progressive Economics > *Subject:* Re: [Pen-l] “The blood-soaked conspiracy of Valentine’s Day, > driven by the oppressive chocolate capitalists" > > > > There are some economic factors. I have been reading and researching about > Japan's demographic crisis for about a decade and have done considerable > field work there on the topic of IT professionals; most recently a few days > ago. > > > > Costs, apartment space, salaried men not returning home until very late, > are some of the reasons for remaining single, deferring marriage, or > divorces. Anecdotally there is little interest among professional women to > marry Japanese men because probably of the work schedule. Also women once > they get married lose their permanent job if they had one or they generally > do not find one to begin with because having children does not mesh with > the long hours demanded by employers. Lastly there is something to be said > about social modernity, which has accompanied capitalism pretty much in all > the oecd and among the upwardly mobile classes in the non oecd, which gives > men and women options that are not circumscribed by conventional, > conservative social norms. That is fertility rates in the oecd and among > the upwardly mobile classes in the developing world are on the decline, in > fact many below or close to replacement rate. > > Cheers, Anthony > > xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Anthony P. 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In case you didn't know, Japan appears to be > in the middle of a sexual/demographic crisis: > > http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/oct/20/young-people-japan-stopped-having-sex > > Doesn't some of this have to do with economic factors, alienation and/or > the commodification of human relationships etc? I don't know, but it was a > serious question. > > -raghu. > > _______________________________________________ > pen-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l > > > _______________________________________________ > pen-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l > >
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