EXPLANATIONS OF DECLINING FERTILITY IN JAPAN

This thesis provided new explanations of declining fertility in Japan since 1990s. It could be seen as an extension of previous researches in this field, since it took a look at males' changes of lifestyles since economic recession era concerning fertility issue which was ignored by previous researches in this field. In this research, I combined qualitative and quantitative analysis to picture the whole situation of declining fertility in Japan since economic recession era. And hence I found the embarrassment of young males induced by the weakened life-time employment system became one of main reasons of declining fertility in Japan since 1990s