This thesis analyzes the relationship starting from the post-war Japanese family patternsmanifested in different periods in Japan’s economic development and modernization process.Because the Meiji Restoration is not complete, the family system should be based ondemocracy, equality and adapt family ethics has been greatly delayed. Postwar democraticreforms and the new civil code, the abolition of the feudal family system is a profound changein social organization and social system in Japan, after the the postwar democratic reform anda new constitution, the implementation and the implementation of the new civil law, so thatthe family gradually shift to democratization For thousands of years,"home" at the center ofthe feudal family system quickly dissipate. The announcement of the new constitution to forcea new civil code to make changes: the feudal home system was abolished, huge reform of theinstitution of marriage and inheritance system, a substantial improvement in women’s rights.Reform of the family system, greatly to the liberation of the productive forces, improve thesocial status of women, and has laid a solid foundation for the promotion of the developmentof postwar Japanese economy.Whether the requirements of the Western camp, or out of Japan’s own choice, theeconomic model based national trade ultimately for the Japanese economy has boomed, withthe reform of the family system to promote economic development are complementary,economic development also makes "economic prosperity "the most direct and effectiveideology became the country can offer to the nationals, the image that is the postwar" happyfamily mode "is established in the rapid development of the economy: the men outside thewomen, children learning obtained Jinbangtiming family life increasingly affluent middleclass appeared in large numbers. Adapt this family model and the post-war economicrecovery, and high-speed development, which greatly promoted the development of themodern.The pace of Japan’s high-speed modern turn Japanese family patterns, especially in thefollowing aspects have an important impact. Diversification of the various stages of the family life course. Increasingly affluent families reflect the diversity of lifestyles, rapideconomic development after the new features of late marriage and childbearing, aging andempty nest period extended family life course.2. Housewives to promote social change,reflected in increasing the status of women, feminist consciousness, the problem of theproliferation of women’s groups, and exposed the social system lag. Family education, respectfor child autonomy ’children’s centers’ and strictly from strict’ coexistence. Family pensionmode occurred new changes, the empty nest and intergenerational conflicts and other issues.The process of modernization of the Japanese family in addition to the abundance ofmaterial life, the awakening of the consciousness of women, improvement of populationquality favorable side outside, because simply attaches importance to the development of theeconomy in order to promote the modernization process to the neglect of the development ofthe individual family members planted a hidden repressed humanity, twisted personality, ledto the family poor sense of self-awareness separatist brought "late marriage, not marriage,infertility slowdown in the pace of modernization in Japan today, the adverse impact of"aging ". High-speed industrialization and development of the departure from the marriage andfamily, the lack of coordination between economic development and individual developmentreflects the process of modernization in the expense of the autonomy and independence of thesexes party to seek social prosperity is not sustainable, and can not bring lasting and socialdevelopment.