And for females, the pressure to get married before age 30. My understanding is the issue here isn't that women are supposed to get married, rather that they'r

And for females, the pressure to get married before age 30. My understanding is the issue here isn't that women are supposed to get married, rather that they're supposed to drop out of the workforce immediately thereafter. With a country short of young workers, this is problematic. Again I love the culture of Japan, but much of the inter-dependence that makes it fascinating also promotes working for large companies rather doing ones own thing.