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 of the                 【A1】________
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 fulfilled its economic needs, and young people          【A2】________
don't know where they should go next.
The coming of the age of the postwar baby boom and an entry                        【A3】________
of women into the male-dominated job market has limited the oppor-             【A4】________
tunities of teen-agers who are already questioning the heavy personal
sacrifices involved climbing Japan's rigid social ladder to good                         【A5】________
school and jobs. In a recent survey it was found that only 24.5
percent Japanese students were fully satisfied with school life, compared         【A6】________
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.                             【A7】________
While often praised by foreigners for its emphasis on the basics,
Japanese education tends to stress test taking and mechanic                            【A8】________
learning 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
rectum to the prewar emphasis on moral education. Last year Mitsuo
Setoyama. who was then education minister, raised his eyebrow                       【A9】________
when he argued that liberal reforms introduced by the American
occupation authorities after World War Ⅱ had weakened the“Japanese
morality of respect of parents.”                                                                          【A10】________

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