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An increasing number of women are choosing to remain single throughout their lives, while even those tying the knot are increasingly choosing not to have children.
A 46-year-old woman living in the Tokyo metropolitan area feels a twinge of pain every time she hears about government spending plans to support younger generations and lift the declining birthrate.
Many older single women in Japan are struggling to make ends meet in their low-paid, nonregular jobs and are trapped in casual employment in a country with a persistently wide gender gap.
Changes are now being seen in centuries-old gender-based traditions concerning children in Japan.
Surrounded by signs in Hangul, a group of three female high schoolers munch on the South Korean version of a hot dog.