【結婚は「年収で買うもの」になったのか？】日本男性未婚28%の構造

1 in 4 Japanese men will reach age 50 without ever marrying. Just 35 years ago, that number was only 1 in 25 — a sevenfold surge. Japan's annual marriages have collapsed from 1.09 million in 1972 to fewer than 500,000 today. And by 2050, single-person households will make up 44% of Japan, with the majority of elderly single men being lifelong unmarried. But this is not really a story about choice. It's a story about how income, geography, and selection quietly decide who gets to marry — and who gets left out. This video traces how Japan's marriage system broke down, how a 1.29 million yen income gap separates married and unmarried men, and why the men who say they want to marry are the ones least likely to find a partner. --------------------------- ▼ Chapters 00:00 Intro 01:24 Ch.1 Japan's marriages have halved in 50 years 02:53 Ch.2 Marriage has become something you buy with a salary 04:55 Ch.3 The geography of surplus men 06:58 Ch.4 The gap between "I want to marry" and "I never did" 09:00 Ch.5 Japan in 2050: A society of single elderly men 10:44 Ch.6 Why Japanese men are quietly being pushed out of marriage --------------------------- ▼ Sources ・Statistics Bureau of Japan, "2020 Population Census" ・National Institute of Population and Social Security Research (IPSS), "Population Statistics of Japan" ・IPSS, "16th Japanese National Fertility Survey" 2021 ・IPSS, "Household Projections for Japan" 2024 ・Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, "Vital Statistics of Japan" ・Cabinet Office, "White Paper on Gender Equality" ・Cabinet Office, "Analysis on Gender Imbalance Among Unmarried Population" ・Japan Research Institute, "2025 Outlook on Births and Marriages" ・Toyo Keizai Online, "Why middle-income men in Japan can no longer marry" 2024 ・Gendai / Gold Online, "9 in 10 men earning over 9M yen are married by their late 30s" --------------------------- #Japan #marriage #demographics #datavisualization #lifelongsingle #shoshika #genderimbalance #datajournalism #aginsociety #singlemen ---------------------------- Software: VOICEVOX (Aoyama Ryusei)