Attitudes toward marriage are changing in japan in the past most women were expected to be married by the time they were25.women who were not married byThen were often thought to have missed out. These single women were sometimes even compared to christmas cake on december 26th-old and not wanted.now, things are very different. According to an opinion poll in a japanese newspaper, the daily yomiuri, 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 future. I will continue my career as a professor, dr kitade says. I love my