According to the BBC, the Prime Minister of Japan, Taro Aso, firmly jammed his foot in his mouth this week when he essentially told young, poor Japanese couples 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."

While one may guess that he meant to say, you should have a little bit of money and direction before starting a family, he went on to say that, in essence, that respect is hard to achieve without gainful … Read More

Not to judge (or stereotype), but there is some strange love going down in the nation of Japan. Per a great piece in the New York Times magazine, some Japanese guys (and, like, one girl) have decided that love and sex and romance with real, live people is not worth the effort. I heard that (kidding).

Essentially, these young men (and, like, one woman) are an offshoot of the "otaku" subculture and really love cartoons (even if it's not cold). While "otaku" denotes a group of people who are obsessed with anime, comics and video game characters, the "moe" … Read More

It is a beautiful November morning, let's get to the news.

Per the Northern Echo, the UK's Tory party is seeking to strengthen marriage. Step 1 is to make prenups binding in the world's divorce capital. Then they'd like to revoke some of the protections for cohabiting couples. Slippery slope, Tories.

On the topic of political parties, there is a new political reality in Australia: the Sex Party. According to Yahoo, it's almost exactly like you'd think it is. The party thinks things have gotten too conservative in Australia and demand change. We'd like to point … Read More

The old honeytrap trick has taken hold in Japan. According to The Sunday Times, Japanese men and women are hiring professional seducers to entrap wayward spouses. Judging by the text, it seems like divorce on that side of the Pacific is not quite as easy as this side. So, in order to make things happen, sometimes you have to give the other reluctant spouse other options or damaging evidence. So, there are a handful of Japanese firms that specialize in this kind of chicanery.

The first step is figuring out what the spouse's type is, then … Read More

Domo arigato… fer nuttin! According to a few surveys here and there, it looks like Japan is the world’s least sexy country. Or perhaps the world’s least sex-having country. Their birth rate is among the lowest in the world and it’s being blamed on the low frequency of intercourse. According to a study by the World Health Organization (WHO? The World Health Organization, we thought you knew), 25% of married Japanese couples have not had sex in the last year. And apparently, it gets worse as they get older (which stands to reason).

We read somewhere that the Japanese preproduction … Read More