Attitudes toward marriage are changing in japan in the past most women were expected to bemarriedbythetimetheywere25.womenwhowerenotmarried byt. Then were often thought to have missed out. These single womenwere sometimeseven compared to christmascake on december 26th-old and not wanted.now, things are very different. According to an opinion poll in a japanese newspaper, the daily yominri, 73.percent of single japanese women say they are happy to be single.this is an increase of 10 percent since 2003.dr.sumi kitade is one of them.she laughsand smiles as she discusses her fufure. Iwill continue my career as a professor, dr kitade says. I love my