China News Service, February 12. According to Singapore's "Lianhe Zaobao" report, the University of Tokyo released a report saying that the new crown epidemic has delayed the life-long event of the Japanese.
In the two years of repeated epidemics, at least 110,000 Japanese newlyweds have missed their marriage.
At the same time, the report also estimates that this "light marriage" situation will reduce the number of Japanese people to 210,000 babies.
The picture shows on January 11, 2021 local time, Yokohama, Japan, boys and girls dressed up to attend the coming-of-age ceremony.
According to the "New Crown, Marriage, and Demographic Change" report published by Associate Professor Nakata Tesuke of the School of Public Policy at the University of Tokyo, in 2020, when the new crown epidemic broke out, the number of new Japanese couples was 526,000, 100,000 less than the previous year.
In 2021, fewer newlyweds, 504,000, will walk the red carpet.
He pointed out, "The number of Japanese marriages is already on the decline, and the additional factor of the new crown jumped out in the middle, which led to the expansion of the decline. He calculated that the two-year epidemic has reduced the number of marriages in Japan by 11. Thousands of piles."
According to his survey, the decrease in the number of marriages was attributed to waves of epidemics, which led to too many economic variables.
In addition, he also believes that epidemic prevention measures such as working from home have greatly reduced the opportunities for people to make friends of the opposite sex.
At the same time, he also estimated that this "light marriage" situation will reduce Japan's holding of 210,000 babies.
The report believes that the ups and downs of the new crown epidemic have affected the Japanese "childbirth plan".
For example, in April 2020, when the epidemic in Japan began to worsen, the authorities issued the first "emergency declaration". Two months later, only 67,000 pregnancy reports were received, a record low.