Waka Ikeda is a Tokyo-based freelance journalist covering society, culture and the movie industry.
“It’s the economy, stupid,” was a popular political slogan coined by James Carville during Bill Clinton’s successful 1992 U.S. presidential campaign. When it comes to fertility rates in East Asia, women are often blamed for not getting married or having children. But the reality calls for a more nuanced perspective: “It’s the society, stupid.”
