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...country where for centuries age was equated with wisdom and filial respect was a sacred responsibility. Now the young no longer seem to care. In fact, Japanese girls often sum up the qualifications of an eligible boy friend in a cynical cliché: "lye tsuki, car tsuki, baba nuki" (with a house, with a car, without an old lady). "To our old folks, all this proves shocking, depressing and downright exasperating," observes Professor Soichi Nasu, a sociologist at Tokyo's Chuo University, who specializes in the problems of old age. "Just like their ancestors, they had anticipated companionship...
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