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When competing cultural definitions of work-life balance create marital tension

My Japanese company expects me to work until I die but my American wife wants us to retire at sixty-five, and I do not know which version of success I actually want.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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Living between two worlds means constantly choosing which values to betray.

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“Where Are You with Retirement planning across cultures?”

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