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The article informs that the there are many differences in civilization between the East and the West. The family problem is one of the most conspicuous examples. The family is the social unit in the Far East, while the individual is the basis of society in the West, the family being largely a unit of individuals. In Japan at least, the highest virtue in regard to the family is to glorify the family name. It is regarded as a matter of great concern to allow the family line to die out, even as an insult to the ancestors. The ancestral history is the first consideration in selecting a life partner. The Japanese family is based on vertical relationship, that is relations between ancestor and parents, and parents and children. The term "family" includes grandparents, parents, children, and sometimes grandchildren. Western people usually mean by family, husband and wife and children only. In Japan the moral relation between parents and children is more important than that between husband and wife. The concept of love which is of vital importance in the Western family is overshadowed by the term "filial piety" in the "Land of the Rising Sun."