Shotgun weddings (dekichatta kekkon) in contemporary Japan

• Main Author: Castro-Vázquez, Genaro
• Other Authors: School of Humanities and Social Sciences
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: Shotgun weddings; Intimacy; Marriage; Pregnancy; Dekichatta Kekkon; Japan
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/81586; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/39548
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The accelerated greying of its population along with birth rates plummeting below replacement levels synergise into one of the most acute social issues in contemporary Japan. Although singleness, childlessness, delayed marriage and late-in-life-childbirth have become endemic, official records nevert...