You need to have an income proportional to supporting family and children.Some may believe its not worth the hassle.Also many japanese are workalohics with great work ethic,so they may not find for romance too much.
Hi Buddy
@AUSTERLITZ et al,
There are definite challenges as well as opportunities as we address the issue of population dynamics in countries, a case example would be Japan. There are factors we should all consider and these include: a) development status of the country, b) the work culture of the country, c) the economic performance of the country, d) the immigration criterion. These all are independent variables that influence national population dynamic and demography. It is true that the number of older persons are rising sharply as life expectancies are increasing throughout the Asian region and it is even stated that countries as diverse as Japan, Korea, China, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Mongolia and Vietnam – the population of over age 60 will triple by 2050. It is also true that as birth rates decrease this shall lead to lower young workers that will be entering the labor force. The growing health care and socials support costs associated with aging will also posit challenges for any government. Be that as it may, there are also opportunities. For one, as quality of medicine and rehabilitative care increases around the world, this means that older people today (as well as in the future) will be healthier , more active in the past, which means that they will be a resource that should be tapped. There are some complementary solutions here and some may include raising the age of retirement in order to allow the pension systems solvent, coupled with incentives and other measures to motivate older people to keep working longer.
One should also note that contrary to popular perception, the later a person retires does not mean that he or she will impede the growth of younger workers nor does it translates to fewer jobs for the young. Studies have shown that having more older people work can actually raise the GDP and create more demand for young workers, which may drive people to produce more children (UNPF, 2014).
Second, to correct popular perception that aging population can be a detriment to the economy. Health systems do have to contend with the increased demand for non-communicable diseases such as strokes and diabetes, however, the age of the individual is not the dominant driver of rising health costs. Rather, countries can manage expenses by emphasizing preventative primary care as well as reforming the pharmaceutical purchasing policies that can maintain the solvency of a nation’s health care system and payment plan (UNPF, 2014).
In the case for Japan, there is a paradigm of professional responsibilities as well as domestic responsibilities that influence perception of stress and influences quality of life. Research conducted by Mizumo-Lewis and McAllister (2008) researchers on nurse’s working conditions in Japan, explored tensions between nurse’ rights to take leave from work to fulfil family life and personal needs and their actual ability to take such leave. The researcher also considers the effects of being restricted from taking such leave. Mizumo-Lewis and McAllister (2008) noted that there are differences to taking leave between Japan and the West. In a comparison, the basic idea of taking leave from work is different between Japan and the West. Even though sick, it is not as easy in Japan as it is in the Western countries to take leave from work. Additionally, taking leave to care for family members is uncommon in Japan ; the situation derives from historical needs created by an isolationist environment coupled with enigmatic historical figures and their accepted philosophies, which combined to develop a unique Japanese culture.
The behaviors of and expectations on Japanese workers as with such circumstance of not taking leave entitlements stem from the influence of philosophers such as Santoku Ninomiya (1787-1856). Ninomiya’s statue once stood in the majority of elementary schools in Japan and was a great historical Japanese personage who expounded on the philosophy of the virtue of hard work. This philosophy is very deeply rooted in Japanese society. His works and methods are symbolic to Japanese and his words: “Diligence is a virtue” is a continuing philosophy in Japan. From his works comes the belief in the concept that society is more important than the family and the idea that one should not bother other people. The sense of this and other cultural precepts stem from older philosophies such as Bushido (Nitobe, 1908).
Bushido takes the Confucian five moral relations between the governing and the governed, father and son, husband and wife, older and younger brother and between friend and friend (Nitobe, 1908). The composed, benevolent manner of such principles suited the Samurai, who formed and ruling class of warrior statesmen. Matsumoto (1996) explains that the precepts of Bushido are loyalty to one’s masters and fidelity to one’s lord and that these although somewhat modified to accommodate industry as authority, are not old-world ideas, rather they are an important element of contemporary Japanese society. Nursing leaders have the expectations that nurses follow this path of ideas inasmuch as all other industries in Japan, putting the needs of the hospital before any personal needs or concerns. Nursing and Medicine in Japan reflects the hierarchical structure of many organizations in the country, career building is aligned with seniority or length of time employed (Mizuno-Lewis and McAllister, 2008).
Recommendations and Solutions
Nursing and Medical sectors of Japanese industry, as with other sectors in Japanese industry, have to be serious in their consideration of reducing nurse’ stress, then there will likely be a reduction in the number of mistakes resulting from work fatigue. With recent policy changes that are catering for women’s rights in Japan, as well as allowing the voices of Japanese workers’ to air their complaints to employers , the paradigm is addressed. There must be a two pronged strategy to address the issue of population dynamic ; political policy to redress the cultural constraints, secondly a public campaign to encourage limited immigration into the country as well as to bring cultural and international infusion into Japan as a way to repudiate the innate constraints caused by isolationism of the past.
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@Nihonjin1051
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