It looks like Japan has a libido problem, and it's not just the menfolk.
Men in the Land of the Rising Sun are losing their libidos. The story goes that 36 percent of boys ages 16 to 19 in Japan have "little to no interest" in sex. Over 80 percent of 20-year-old Japanese dudes are currently not dating anyone. And half of the two decaders have NEVER had a girlfriend (note: some writers were into their 20s before they had their first girlfriends, so let's not judge). Dig this: the young ladies are even more uninterested in sex.
Prime Minister Taro Aso really offended some young Japanese.
The Prime Minister of Japan, Taro Aso, firmly jammed his foot in his mouth this week when he essentially told young, poor Japanese not to get married. As his Liberal Democratic Party struggles to salvage anything in the run-up to their elections, the PM said, "Young people had better not get married with little money."
Gender role confusion in Japan and what, exactly, is "otaku"?
Some young men in Japan are in love with anime. Some take it to such an extreme that they have strange love affairs with pillow cases featuring the likenesses of their favorite cartoon characters. It does not look like that low birth rate in Japan is going to fix itself. On the other hand, they are really doing a great job of out-nerding American nerds.
Cuddling works, no sex for the Japanese & Australia's Sex Party.
The Tories try to strengthen marriage, Australia's Sex Party launches, Aussie resort has a month long sex party, cuddling cuts stress, the Japanese aren't doing it, iVillage's green sex toys, seal implores you to renew your vows, Bryan Adams has the greatest love song, men think they're grand in bed, women don't see it that way, how young is too young to marry, giving back an adopted kid and getting dumped with class.
Just when you thought it was safe to put one over on your spouse. Many Japanese firms specialize in hiring agents to ferret out philandering spouses. They send in a hot agent and put the moves on a potential cheater. And by moves we mean all the way.
According to a survey, Japanese couples are not doing it very often.
The population in Japan is aging rapidly. Technically, they age at the same rate as everyone else, but they're having fewer children so the average age is increasing. One big reason is lack of sex. According to a recent survey 25% of married Japanese couples haven't had sex in the last year.
