Aimlessness has hardly been typical of the postwar Japan whose productivity and social harmony are the envy of the United States and Europe. But increasingly the Japanese is seeing a decline 1. ______ of their traditional work-moral values. Ten years ago young people were hardworking and saw their jobs as their primary reason for being, but now Japan has large 2. ______ fulfilled its economic needs, and young people don't know where they should go next. The coming of the age of the postwar baby boom and an entry of women into 3. ______ the male-dominated job market has limited the opportunities of teen-agers who 4. ______ are already questioning the heavy personal sacrifices involved climbing 5. ______ Japan's rigid social ladder to good schools and jobs. In a recent survey, it was found that only 24.5 percent Japanese students were fully satisfied with 6. ______ school life, compared with 67.2 percent of students in the United States. In addition, far more Japanese workers expressed dissatisfaction with their jobs than did their counterparts in the 10 countries surveyed. While often 7. ______ praised by foreigners for its emphasis on the basics. Japanese education tends to stress test taking and mechanic learning 8. ______ over creativity and self-expression. Last year Japan experienced 2,125 incidents of school violence, including 929 assaults on teachers. Amid the outcry, many conservative leaders are seeking a return to the prewar emphasis on moral education. Last year Mitsuo Detoyama, who was then education minister, raised his eyebrow when he argued that liberal reforms introduced 9. ______ by the American occupation authorities after World War II had weakened the ' Japanese morality of respect of parents.' 10. ______