The lives of elderly men in Japan have centered around their work, whereas women have traditionally been caregivers in charge of housework, nursing care and other tasks.

A clear consequence of social inequalities, in Japan women are expected to sacrifice their wishes for the good of the family (and their husbands) while men are expected to pursue their goals taking the support of their wives as granted.

elderly widowers are two times more at risk of developing dementia three to fours years after their wives die, while female seniors tend to experience increases in happiness and life satisfaction years after their spouses die.

So, Japanese female are happy without their husband? Well in Japan salaryman only started to pay attention to family or wife after retirement, before that the only thing is the company.

So, Japanese female are happy without their husband? Well in Japan salaryman only started to pay attention to family or wife after retirement, before that the only thing is the company.

And that is not necessarily a good thing, too often men that used to order around subordinates all day long retire and switch to ordering around their wives all day long.

@virusrex

Until their family or their wife had enough, we see in there's always article JT where there's violence involving, elderly couple in Japan.

i think one thing to keep in mind is, the Japanese dying today were likely born 80 years ago, and Japanese culture, values, and society at that time would have been unrecognizable compared to today.

The Japan of today is another planet entirely. Which is just as well.