By TOMOKI YASUDA/ Staff Writer
November 23, 2021 at 17:45 JST
A daughter serves tea for family members at their home in Tokyo’s Nerima Ward in 1971, in line with a traditional notion of a division of roles based on gender. ((Asahi Shimbun file photo)
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