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Speaker 1: This is jam nation with Jonesy and man down to

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Speaker 1: the Jonesy no matter of answer to the pub test

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Speaker 1: arise in people aged eighteen to thirty four who don't

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Speaker 1: intend to marry, has consequences for Japan's low birth rate

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Speaker 1: and depopulation concerns today on the pub test marriage these days?

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Speaker 1: Does it pass the pup test?

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Speaker 2: Well, they're finding that less people are choosing marriage in

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Speaker 2: Japan and that does have, as you say, long term consequences.

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Speaker 2: Experts have called on the government to make it easier

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Speaker 2: for women to return to work after having children, to

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Speaker 2: address Japan's notoriously long working hours, to make it easier

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Speaker 2: for women, but couples are saying no in Japan. How

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Speaker 2: do you feel marriage these days? Does it pass the

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Speaker 2: pub test?

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Speaker 3: Yeah?

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Speaker 4: I think so. I'm a romantic at heart, and so

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Speaker 4: for me, it's something I've always wanted to do and

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Speaker 4: why not always Definitely, it's just special thing and now

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Speaker 4: if you can find it, it's a great told on to.

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Speaker 4: Marriage is so important, you know, it's such an important.

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Speaker 3: Part of your bond with people.

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Speaker 5: You have to have it.

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Speaker 3: It's something that's been people have been doing it for

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Speaker 3: years and years and years you can't get rid of it.

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Speaker 3: Of course it does. The only people that say it

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Speaker 3: doesn't are either people there to povo.

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Speaker 5: To get married, or no one wants to marry them anyway,

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Speaker 5: and they're all just jealous of lovely married people.

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Speaker 3: I have to say no, I think what's the point really,

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Speaker 3: I mean, if you'll win someone's on enough. I mean,

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Speaker 3: it's just a bit paper, really.

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Speaker 1: Too popo, or it's just a piece of paper.

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Speaker 4: Draw your own conclusions.

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Speaker 3: Thank you for all your calls.