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SEIKO, a 35-year-old journalist in Tokyo, is what the Japanese refer to as “New Year Noodlesâ€. The year ends on December 31st, and, by analogy, the period when a Japanese woman is deemed a desirable marriage prospect ends after 31. It could have been worse: the slang term used to be “Christmas cake†because a woman’s best-before date was considered to be 25.
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