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Love was in the air in a Tokyo park as normally staid Japanese husbands gath

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问题     Love was in the air in a Tokyo park as normally staid Japanese husbands gathered to scream out their feelings for their wives, promising gratitude and extra tight hugs. With【B1】______and reticence traditionally valued over outspokenness, expressing deeper feelings like love has long been hard in Japan. That’s why dozens of Japanese men【B2】______once a year ahead of Jan 31, which in Japanese is a play on the words for "Beloved Wife," to let their feelings fly.
    Declarations at the Tuesday night event【B3】_____a simple "I’ll love you forever" to expressions of gratitude for homemade boxed lunches. "I’m sorry that I’ve gained weight over the last seven years," a suit-clad man【B4】_____. "But that’s because the meals you cook are so delicious!"
    Wives in the audience laughed and【B5】_____, especially when one man got down on his knees to offer his wife a【B6】_____.
    The event was thought up by Kiyotaka Yamana with the support of a local flower shop to urge Japanese men to show their【B7】_____ in more explicit ways. In the majority of marriages, husbands are the breadwinners, while wives stay at home. But men and women are no longer【B8】_____remaining married and unhappy. The number of divorces rose an astonishing 73 percent from 1985 to 2002, reaching nearly 300 000, according to government reports. Though the number slowly decreased after 2002, in-home separations remain common. Many couples seem to avoid divorce for economic reasons,【B9】_____ their children, or to save face.
    "The economy is getting better in Japan and I see a lot of Japanese married couples getting more active in【B10】_____their relationships," Yamana said. [br] 【B9】
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