Marriage in Japan (English Wikipedia)

Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Marriage in Japan" in English language version.

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archive.org (Global: 6^th place; English: 6^th place)

Sladen, Douglas; Lorimer, Norma (1904). More Queer Things About Japan. London: Anthony Treherne. p. 384.
Chamberlain, Basil Hall (1902). Things Japanese (4th ed.). London: John Murray. p. 309.

asahi.com (Global: 141^st place; English: 1,030^th place)

ajw.asahi.com

Imamura, Yuri; Imamura, Hisanori; Okabayashi, Sawa; Yamada, Kana (9 September 2014). "Half of single-mother households in Japan below poverty line, among worst in OECD rankings". The Asahi Shimbun. Archived from the original on 27 January 2016. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
"White paper shows Japanese people delaying marriage, having children". Asahi Shimbun. 26 June 2013. Archived from the original on 27 January 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
Tamura, Tsuyoshi (4 September 2013). "Top court rules illegitimate children entitled to equal inheritance". The Asahi Shimbun. Archived from the original on 27 January 2016. Retrieved 22 January 2016.

bbc.co.uk (Global: 8^th place; English: 10^th place)

bbc.co.uk

"Young Japanese 'decline to fall in love'". BBC News. 11 January 2012.

news.bbc.co.uk

"Faking it as a priest in Japan". BBC. 2 November 2006. Retrieved 29 March 2016.

bbc.com (Global: 20^th place; English: 30^th place)

"Japanese women lose surname law case". BBC News. 16 December 2015. Retrieved 15 December 2017.

bloomberg.com (Global: 99^th place; English: 77^th place)

Nohara, Yoshiaki (1 May 2017). "Japan Labor Shortage Prompts Shift to Hiring Permanent Workers". Bloomberg. Retrieved 12 January 2018.

books.google.com (Global: 3^rd place; English: 3^rd place)

Cortazzi, Hugh (13 May 2013). Britain and Japan: Biographical Portraits, Vol. IV. Routledge. p. 384. ISBN 978-1-136-64140-4.
Kumagai, Fumie (14 October 2014). Family Issues on Marriage, Divorce, and Older Adults in Japan: With Special Attention to Regional Variations. Springer. p. 69. ISBN 978-981-287-185-5.
Appleby, R. (2014). Men and Masculinities in Global English Language Teaching. Palgrave Macmillan UK. p. 18. ISBN 9781137331809. Retrieved 24 December 2023. For example, in Japan in 2012, 86 percent of marriages were between a Japanese and a spouse from the USA were between a Japanese woman and an American man. This pattern of gendered Japanese-Western partnering, shown in the tables below, reflects a now-substantial body of research that has explored Japanese women's desire for the West, Western men, and English language learning (see, for example, Bailey 2006, 2007; Kelsky 2001; Ma 1996; Piller & Takashi 2006; Takashi 2013).
Kim, Viktoriya; Balgoa, Nelia G.; Yamamoto, Beverley Anne (10 December 2021). The Politics of International Marriage in Japan. Rutgers University Press. p. 44. ISBN 978-1-9788-0903-1.
Bauder, H. (2012). Immigration and Settlement: Challenges, Experiences, and Opportunities. Canadian Scholars' Press Incorporated. p. 133. ISBN 978-1-55130-405-2. Retrieved 3 April 2024.

cdc.gov (Global: 218^th place; English: 212^th place)

"Changing Patterns of Nonmarital Childbearing in the United States". CDC/National Center for Health Statistics. 13 May 2009. Retrieved 24 September 2011.

doi.org (Global: 2^nd place; English: 2^nd place)

ISHIKAWA, Yoshitaka (2010). "Role of Matchmaking Agencies for International Marriage in Contemporary Japan". Geographical Review of Japan Series B. 83: 1–14. doi:10.4157/geogrevjapanb.83.1.

e-stat.go.jp (Global: 3,115^th place; English: low place)

"Trends in mean age of bride and groom at marriage and difference in mean age between bride and groom". Vital Statistics of Japan. 3 September 2015. Table 9-12. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
"人口動態調査（平成26年）". Archived from the original on 29 January 2016. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
"Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare". e-Stat. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
"Trends in live births by nationality of father and mother, 1995, 2000 and 2005-2013". e-Stat. 29 January 2015. Table 9. Retrieved 19 January 2016.

economist.com (Global: 254^th place; English: 236^th place)

"Why the Japanese are having so few babies". The Economist. 23 July 2014. Retrieved 14 January 2016.
"Asian demography: The flight from marriage". The Economist. 20 August 2011. Retrieved 18 January 2016.

express.co.uk (Global: 402^nd place; English: 279^th place)

Hartson, William (11 February 2016). "Top 10 facts about Japan". Express. Retrieved 17 February 2016.

ft.com (Global: 210^th place; English: 157^th place)

Lewis, Leo (13 January 2016). "Japan: Deflated generation". Financial Times. Retrieved 26 February 2016.

hiraganatimes.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

"Wedding Ceremonies in Japan". Hiragana Times. No. June 2010 Issue. 9 January 2013. Archived from the original on 8 April 2016. Retrieved 18 January 2016.

ipss.go.jp (Global: low place; English: low place)

"人口統計資料集（2021年版）". 国立社会保障・人口問題研究所 (in Japanese). Retrieved 4 June 2025.
"人口統計資料集（2025年版）". 国立社会保障・人口問題研究所 (in Japanese). Retrieved 4 June 2025.
"全婚姻および初婚の平均婚姻年齢：1899～2019年". www.ipss.go.jp. Retrieved 4 June 2025.

japantimes.co.jp (Global: 389^th place; English: 273^rd place)

Brasor, Philip; Tsubuku, Masako (7 November 2015). "No relief in sight for Japan's poor single-parent families". The Japan Times. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
Yoshida, Reiji (31 December 2015). "Japan's population dilemma, in a single-occupancy nutshell". The Japan Times. Retrieved 14 January 2016.
Osaki, Tomohiro (5 January 2016). "For many young Japanese, marriage – and sex – are low priorities". The Japan Times. Retrieved 19 February 2016.
"51% want wives to stay home: poll". The Japan Times. Kyodo. 17 December 2012. Retrieved 14 January 2016.
"Center offers help to abused Filipinos". The Japan Times. Kyodo. 9 October 2013. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
"Record 1 in 5 in Japan report partner abuse, government survey shows". The Japan Times. 27 March 2024. Retrieved 16 June 2025.)

japantoday.com (Global: 3,795^th place; English: 2,511^th place)

Cartelle, Karryn (8 June 2008). "Foreign victims of domestic violence band together". Japan Today. Retrieved 19 January 2016.

jref.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

"Society: Marriage in Japan". Japan Reference. 4 March 2013. Retrieved 21 January 2016.

jst.go.jp (Global: 1,903^rd place; English: 2,346^th place)

jstage.jst.go.jp

ISHIKAWA, Yoshitaka (2010). "Role of Matchmaking Agencies for International Marriage in Contemporary Japan". Geographical Review of Japan Series B. 83: 1–14. doi:10.4157/geogrevjapanb.83.1.

keepeek.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

OECD (2017). OECD Economic Surveys: Japan 2017. Paris: OECD Publishing. p. 47. Archived from the original on 29 December 2017. Retrieved 12 January 2018.

latimes.com (Global: 22^nd place; English: 19^th place)

Efron, Sonni (26 June 2001). "Me, Find a Husband? Later, Maybe". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 18 January 2016.

marriagematching.love (Global: low place; English: low place)

"Japanese Marriage Agency | Marriage Matching Marriage Agency". 18 March 2020. Retrieved 1 April 2021.

mofa.go.jp (Global: 1,109^th place; English: 3,058^th place)

"General visa: Dependent (family stays)". Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan. 22 July 2015. Retrieved 19 January 2016.

nippon.com (Global: 2,354^th place; English: 2,704^th place)

安楽, 由紀子 (18 October 2018). "シリーズ・現代ニッポンの結婚事情：（2）婚活を効率化するマッチングサービス事情". Nippon.com. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
Yamada, Masahiro (3 August 2012). "Japan's Deepening Social Divides: Last Days for the "Parasite Singles"". Nippon.com. Retrieved 14 January 2016.
Akaishi, Chieko (24 August 2015). "The Plight of Japan's Single Mothers". Nippon.com. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
Yamada, Masahiro (17 March 2016). "The Future of the Japanese Family: Diversification or Virtualization?". Nippon.com. Retrieved 27 March 2016.
Murakami, Naohisa (29 February 2016). "Regular Full-Time Positions Increasingly Elusive for Japanese Workers". Nippon.com. Retrieved 7 March 2016.
Kawaguchi, Akira (20 August 2015). "Japanese Women Face Tough Reality in Work and Marriage". Nippon.com. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
"A Look at International Marriage in Japan". Nippon.com. 19 February 2015. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
Sugiyama, Haru (12 June 2015). "Kawasaki Youth's Murder Exposes Japan's Social and Policy Failings in Coping with Immigration". Nippon.com. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
"Weddings in Japan". Nippon.com. 20 July 2015. Retrieved 27 March 2016.

nytimes.com (Global: 7^th place; English: 7^th place)

WuDunn, Sheryl (13 March 1996). "Stigma Curtails Single Motherhood in Japan". The New York Times. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
Soble, Jonathan (16 December 2015). "Japan's Top Court Upholds Law Requiring Spouses to Share Surname". The New York Times. Retrieved 19 January 2016.

rappler.com (Global: 874^th place; English: 511^th place)

Kapur, Roshni (17 January 2016). "Welcome to the family: Adult adoptions in corporate Japan". Rappler. Retrieved 19 January 2016.

seiyaku.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

Western Style Weddings in Japan: Are they real weddings? Seiyaku.com. Accessed 29 August 2008.

sfgate.com (Global: 166^th place; English: 121^st place)

Yang, Jeff (23 March 2011). "After the end of the world". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 15 January 2012.

slate.com (Global: 259^th place; English: 188^th place)

Waldman, Katy (22 October 2013). "Young People in Japan Have Given Up on Sex". Slate. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
Keating, Joshua (23 October 2013). "No, Japanese People Haven't Given Up on Sex". Slate. Retrieved 15 January 2016.

stat.go.jp (Global: 3,170^th place; English: 5,633^rd place)

"Chapter 3: Marital Status". Populations and Households of Japan 2010 (PDF). Table 3.1, p. 33. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
"Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries". Statistical Handbook of Japan 2014. Statistics Bureau, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, Japan. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
"Population and Households". Japan Statistical Yearbook. Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communication, Statistics Bureau. Table 2-25. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
"Population and Households". Japan Statistical Yearbook. Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communication, Statistics Bureau. Table 2-12. Retrieved 13 January 2016.

telegraph.co.uk (Global: 30^th place; English: 24^th place)

Khan, Mehreen (28 March 2016). "Can anything rescue Japan from the abyss?". The Telegraph. Retrieved 29 March 2016.

theguardian.com (Global: 12^th place; English: 11^th place)

McCurry, Justin (25 April 2017). "Equality in Japan: is this vision of a fairer society too good to be true?". The Guardian. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
Haworth, Abigail (20 October 2013). "Why have young people in Japan stopped having sex?". The Guardian. Retrieved 14 January 2016.
McCurry, Justin (25 April 2017). "Equality in Japan: is this vision of a fairer society too good to be true?". The Guardian. Retrieved 12 January 2018.

time.com (Global: 61^st place; English: 54^th place)

Koffler, Jacob. "Here Are Places Women Can't Take Their Husband's Name When They Get Married". Time. Time Magazine. Archived from the original on 11 October 2018. Retrieved 29 August 2015.

tokyoesque.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

"The Dwindling Marriage Market In Japan And Innovative Ways To Reinvigorate It - Tokyoesque". 17 November 2020. Retrieved 1 April 2021.

usatoday.com (Global: 41^st place; English: 34^th place)

Wiseman, Paul (2 June 2004). "No sex please we're Japanese". USA Today. Retrieved 10 May 2012.

usembassy.gov (Global: 2,130^th place; English: 1,767^th place)

tokyo.usembassy.gov

Embassy of the United States: Japan, Marriage in Japan Archived 27 May 2010 at the Wayback Machine Accessed 29 August 2008.

japan.usembassy.gov

"Japan's Family Registry System". Embassy of the United States: Tokyo, Japan. Archived from the original on 27 January 2016. Retrieved 22 January 2016.

washingtonpost.com (Global: 34^th place; English: 27^th place)

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Matthews, Dylan (23 October 2013). "Don't worry. The Japanese are having plenty of sex". The Washington Post. No. Know More blog. Archived from the original on 4 July 2015. Retrieved 15 January 2016.

web.archive.org (Global: 1^st place; English: 1^st place)

"人口動態調査（平成26年）". Archived from the original on 29 January 2016. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
Imamura, Yuri; Imamura, Hisanori; Okabayashi, Sawa; Yamada, Kana (9 September 2014). "Half of single-mother households in Japan below poverty line, among worst in OECD rankings". The Asahi Shimbun. Archived from the original on 27 January 2016. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
"White paper shows Japanese people delaying marriage, having children". Asahi Shimbun. 26 June 2013. Archived from the original on 27 January 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
Matthews, Dylan (23 October 2013). "Don't worry. The Japanese are having plenty of sex". The Washington Post. No. Know More blog. Archived from the original on 4 July 2015. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
OECD (2017). OECD Economic Surveys: Japan 2017. Paris: OECD Publishing. p. 47. Archived from the original on 29 December 2017. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
Embassy of the United States: Japan, Marriage in Japan Archived 27 May 2010 at the Wayback Machine Accessed 29 August 2008.
"Japan's Family Registry System". Embassy of the United States: Tokyo, Japan. Archived from the original on 27 January 2016. Retrieved 22 January 2016.
Koffler, Jacob. "Here Are Places Women Can't Take Their Husband's Name When They Get Married". Time. Time Magazine. Archived from the original on 11 October 2018. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
Tamura, Tsuyoshi (4 September 2013). "Top court rules illegitimate children entitled to equal inheritance". The Asahi Shimbun. Archived from the original on 27 January 2016. Retrieved 22 January 2016.
"Wedding Ceremonies in Japan". Hiragana Times. No. June 2010 Issue. 9 January 2013. Archived from the original on 8 April 2016. Retrieved 18 January 2016.

wsj.com (Global: 79^th place; English: 65^th place)

Sudo, Yoko (18 July 2014). "Japan's Low Marriage Rate Concerns Minister". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
Obe, Mitsuru (12 March 2015). "Japan Has Plenty of Jobs, but Workers Still Struggle". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
Hoenig, Henry; Obe, Mitsuru (8 April 2016). "Why Japan's Economy Is Laboring". The Wall Street Journal.

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economist.com (Global: 254th place; English: 236th place)

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japantimes.co.jp (Global: 389th place; English: 273rd place)

japantoday.com (Global: 3,795th place; English: 2,511th place)

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jst.go.jp (Global: 1,903rd place; English: 2,346th place)

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latimes.com (Global: 22nd place; English: 19th place)

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mofa.go.jp (Global: 1,109th place; English: 3,058th place)

nippon.com (Global: 2,354th place; English: 2,704th place)

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seiyaku.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

sfgate.com (Global: 166th place; English: 121st place)

slate.com (Global: 259th place; English: 188th place)

stat.go.jp (Global: 3,170th place; English: 5,633rd place)

telegraph.co.uk (Global: 30th place; English: 24th place)

theguardian.com (Global: 12th place; English: 11th place)

time.com (Global: 61st place; English: 54th place)

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asahi.com (Global: 141^st place; English: 1,030^th place)

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economist.com (Global: 254^th place; English: 236^th place)

express.co.uk (Global: 402^nd place; English: 279^th place)

ft.com (Global: 210^th place; English: 157^th place)

japantimes.co.jp (Global: 389^th place; English: 273^rd place)

japantoday.com (Global: 3,795^th place; English: 2,511^th place)

jst.go.jp (Global: 1,903^rd place; English: 2,346^th place)

latimes.com (Global: 22^nd place; English: 19^th place)

mofa.go.jp (Global: 1,109^th place; English: 3,058^th place)

nippon.com (Global: 2,354^th place; English: 2,704^th place)

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rappler.com (Global: 874^th place; English: 511^th place)

sfgate.com (Global: 166^th place; English: 121^st place)

slate.com (Global: 259^th place; English: 188^th place)

stat.go.jp (Global: 3,170^th place; English: 5,633^rd place)

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theguardian.com (Global: 12^th place; English: 11^th place)

time.com (Global: 61^st place; English: 54^th place)

usatoday.com (Global: 41^st place; English: 34^th place)

usembassy.gov (Global: 2,130^th place; English: 1,767^th place)

washingtonpost.com (Global: 34^th place; English: 27^th place)

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wsj.com (Global: 79^th place; English: 65^th place)