#  Mary C. Brinton (Harvard University), "Why Does Japanese Fertility Remain So Low? Lessons from a Misguided Policy Approach" 

 



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 **January 30, 2023** 

 12:00PM - 01:00PM EST 

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 **Huguette and Michael Porte Seminar Room (S250), CGIS South Bldg., 1730 Cambridge St., and Online (Zoom)**  



 

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 [Mary C. Brinton](https://scholar.harvard.edu/brinton)   
Director, Edwin O. Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies; Reischauer Institute Professor of Sociology, Harvard University

 Moderator: [Christina L. Davis](https://scholar.harvard.edu/cldavis/home)  
Director, Program on U.S.-Japan Relations; Edwin O. Reischauer Professor of Japanese Politics, Department of Government; and Susan S. and Kenneth L. Wallach Professor, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University  
  
*Co-sponsored by the Edwin O. Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies and the Department of Sociology, Harvard University.*  
  
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##  Additional Resources

1. Mary C. Brinton, [「縛られる日本人：人口減少をもたらす「規範」を打ち破れるか」](https://www.chuko.co.jp/shinsho/2022/09/102715.html). Sep. 20, 2022, published in Japanese by 中央公論新社 (Chuokoron-Shinsha).
2. ["Audio: Japanese PM vows to take urgent steps to tackle birth rate."](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-01-24/japanese-pm-vows-to-take-urgent-steps-to-tackle/101886162) Australian Broadcasting Corporation interview with Mary C. Brinton, Jan. 23, 2023.
3. Mary C. Brinton, [video message to the World Assembly for Women (WAW!),](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jC3tQo4mo9s) December 2022 conference.  
    See also: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, [World Assembly for Women: WAW! 2022](https://www.mofa.go.jp/fp/hr_ha/page22e_000997.html) website.



 

 



 

 

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