COVID-19 is transforming how families and societies respond to this public health crisis This global public health issue has both short and long term ramifications for how people work, go to school, care for families, and communicate This paper provides a portrait of the changes and effects brought upon by the pandemic and government appeals for "self-restraint" (as opposed to lockdown policies in other countries) In addition, the experiences of Japanese families from the perspective of university students, looking at several aspects such as work, schooling, and relationships The observations suggest that there are notable impacts upon the Japanese family brought upon by new living arrangements These include increased interactions and opportunities for more frequent communication between family members On the other hand, significant issues including financial insecurity caused by reduced or stagnant incomes, tensions between family members due to work-at-home lifestyles, exacerbate existing problems faced by Japanese families The stress from new living arrangements in small dwellings may have further intensified gender inequality in the division of housework and carework, and become a catalyst for greater strain in relationships This paper provides an assessment of the current changes experienced by Japanese families based on news reports and statistical data, as well as perceptions of the pandemic from Japanese university students © 2020 Journal of Comparative Family Studies

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日本家庭和 COVID-19：“自我约束”、有限的生活空间和增强的互动

COVID-19 正在改变家庭和社会应对这场公共卫生危机的方式 这一全球公共卫生问题对人们的工作、上学、照顾家庭和交流方式都有短期和长期影响 本文提供了这些变化的概述以及疫情带来的影响和政府呼吁“自我克制”（相对于其他国家的封锁政策）此外，日本家庭从大学生的角度来看，从工作、学习等几个方面来看, 和关系 观察结果表明，新的生活安排对日本家庭产生了显着影响，其中包括增加互动和家庭成员之间更频繁交流的机会另一方面，重大问题包括收入减少或停滞导致的经济不安全、家庭成员之间因在家工作的生活方式而产生的紧张关系，加剧了日本家庭面临的现有问题 小型住宅的新生活安排带来的压力可能进一步加剧了部门中的性别不平等家务和照顾工作，并成为关系中更大压力的催化剂 本文根据新闻报道和统计数据，以及日本大学生对流行病的看法，对日本家庭当前所经历的变化进行了评估 © 2020 Journal of比较家庭研究加剧日本家庭面临的现有问题 小户型新生活安排带来的压力可能进一步加剧了家务劳动和照顾工作分工中的性别不平等，并成为关系中更大压力的催化剂 本文提供了对当前所经历的变化的评估基于新闻报道和统计数据的日本家庭，以及日本大学生对大流行的看法 © 2020 Journal of Compare Family Studies加剧日本家庭面临的现有问题 小户型新生活安排带来的压力可能进一步加剧了家务劳动和照顾工作分工中的性别不平等，并成为关系中更大压力的催化剂 本文提供了对当前所经历的变化的评估基于新闻报道和统计数据的日本家庭，以及日本大学生对大流行的看法 © 2020 Journal of Compare Family Studies以及日本大学生对这种流行病的看法 © 2020 比较家庭研究杂志以及日本大学生对这种流行病的看法 © 2020 比较家庭研究杂志