The long standing practice of infanticide. Every culture has a story or two about it, and for the Japanese, the history behind the practice of "Mabiki" is one to hear about.  

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Resources: 

Drixler, Fabian. Mabiki: Infanticide and Population Growth in Eastern Japan, 1660-1950. : University of California Press,  26. California Scholarship Online. Date Accessed 13 Dec. 2021  https://california.universitypressscholarship.com/view/10.1525/california/9780520272439.001.0001/upso-9780520272439.  

Linfamy. Mabiki: The Japanese Practice of Killing Your ... - Youtube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rURMmLyqtOk.   

Linfamy. The Anti Baby-Killing Movement in Japan - Youtube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1rbtXLsVwA.   

Yu, A. C. “Monme (a Weight Unit in the Japanese Traditional System of Weights and Measures) - Japanese Wiki Corpus.” Monme (A Weight Unit in The Japanese Traditional System of Weights And Measures) - Japanese Wiki Corpus, https://www.japanese-wiki-corpus.org/history/Monme%20(A%20Weight%20Unit%20in%20The%20Japanese%20Traditional%20System%20of%20Weights%20And%20Measures).html.