
New data suggests 70% of unmarried Japaneses men in their twenties and thirties have no girlfriend, with an alarming jump of 20% in just three years for men in their twenties.
A similar figure holds true for women, with some 64% of women in the same age groups single.
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The recent boom in “konkatsu,” parties to help those seeking the ideal marriage partner meet, has run into trouble: reportedly, women always outnumber men by a large margin at these events.
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“Middle-aged virgins,” men whose only sexual activity is onanism, are being highlighted as a major problem in Japanese society, with their numbers burgeoning even as youthful sexual activity increases, creating a “sexual bipolarisation.”
Some data indicates as many as 24.3% of males aged 30-35 are virgins, a statistic which seems to have been worsening, and these men are overwhelmingly poor, leading some to suggest female expectations play a role.
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A BBC journalist opining on why Japan is a doomed nation has suggested that Japanese men who retreat from the real world into anime and game fantasies are the reason the nation faces a demographic death spiral.
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A leading Islamic scholar is calling for the death penalty for traffickers of a $15 device which allows non-virgin women to simulate having their hymen broken, which he decries as encouraging sinful fornication.
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The results of a recent survey of Japanese men and women suggest a substantial number think there is no such thing as friendship between men and women.
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A 51-year-old teacher has been arrested after eloping with his 14-year-old pupil on a “honeymoon,” saying he intended to marry the girl.
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A survey by a top Japanese toilet manufacturer has found that the number of men who urinate sitting down has increased 10% in the last 5 years, to 33.4%. 10% apparently admitted they did so because their wives or mothers told them to.
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The huge and rapidly growing imbalance in China’s ratio of males to females has been known for some time, but surveys reveal Chinese themselves are now acutely aware of the impending demographic crisis:
“There are 36 boys in our son’s class, and only 19 girls. We worry as to whether he can ever find a wife like this…”
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A 12-year-old girl given to a 24-year-old man as a bride died after being made to bear his child, who also died.
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Japanese men are said to be increasingly abandoning women in favour of relationships with their cats, and these men are being told they need to aim for untaken older women if they are to have any chance.
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New survey results compound previous findings with the news that 46% of Japanese women admit to cheating on their partners.
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