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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
David McElhinney

Why money will not be enough to address Japan’s baby crisis

Today's Japanese women have more opportunities for education and career advancement then generations before them [File: Eugene Hoshiko/AP Photo]

Tokyo, Japan – Chika Hashimoto, a 23-year-old who recently graduated from Tokyo’s Temple University, is not averse to having a family in the future, but nor is she jumping at the opportunity.

“It is definitely not my first choice,” she told Al Jazeera. “Fulfilling my career and enjoying my freedom is far more important than getting married and having children.”

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