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Divorce Rates In Japan
Japan divorce rate is approximately 27%. One in every four marriages ends up to divorce.
According to Reuters, The number of divorces annually has almost doubled since 1990, with
264,000 couples formally breaking up in 2000. From 2000 to 2004, there is a little bit
drop in the divorce rate in Japan.
If we compare the japan divorce rate with the divorce rates of the other countires:
Divorce rate per 1000 couples
Japan: 2.2
USA:4.0
Germany: 2.4
France: 1.9
Italy: 0.7
UK: 2.6
Sweden: 2.4
Source: Statistics and Information Department, Minister's Secretariat
From above statistics, it is clear that divorce rate is about half than US divorce rate.
According to Health Ministry statistics, divorces rate in Japan had more than doubled, from just over 95,000
in 1970 to 206,955 in 1996.
Divorce Rates
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