Family and Marriage in Japan

It was common to have a large family, which grandparents live together, in Japan. However, the style of family changed to a nuclear family type, which family is organized only by the parents and their children. One of the reason why this trend happen in Japan was because women became more independent. Traditionally, women who is married had to do all the houseworks and they had to follow the orders of the .mother-in-law However, nowadays the women's right has been understood more than before, and this made women to play an important part in the society. As a result, the average age of women getting married increased because they have their work to do. In addition, the rate of couples getting divorce in Japan incresed because women don't have to rely on their husband's earnings any more. Therefore, it can be said that women have no longer need to just do the houseworks and the nuclear family is a family type that women can do things more independently.