
Japanese census statistics reveal it is now “impossible” for any Japanese over 35 to get married, with as few as 2% managing to net a spouse in the 5 years from 35 to 40, and fewer still for those who are even older.
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Anime Figures, H, News
- Date: Dec 6, 2011 07:52 JST
- Tags: Auctions, Hatsune Miku, Marriage, Mods, Oppai, Otaku, PVC, Shopping

Even otaku are shocked that Hatsune Miku’s legion of admirers has some how managed to bid up the price of an unofficially created Miku bride figure to ¥389,000 – their astonishment in large part stemming from the fact that the figure was created simply by swapping the heads of two stock figures…
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Japanese statistics which suggest over a third of male youths and nearly two thirds of female youths have no interest in or an active dislike of sex have lately been exciting the concern of Japanese online.
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Over three quarters of Japanese women surveyed admit to faking orgasms – although fortunately a helpful gynecologist has gleefully betrayed her sex to tell men how to spot this.
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Anime, H, News
- Date: Nov 1, 2011 15:22 JST
- Tags: 2ch, Dating, Idol, Marketing, Marriage, Otaku, Seiyuu, Virginity


With top seiyuu like Aya Hirano, Ayana Taketatsu and Aki Toyosaki all reduced to pariah status for daring to associate with men in the space of weeks, the divide between fans who treat seiyuu as objects of obsession and those who treat them as voice actors has never been so stark – but as some are keen to point out, it has always been thus. Read the rest of this entry »

Those wondering just what it is Japanese women are looking for in a man need look no further than this latest attempt to encapsulate it into a handy list – though the response from most men appears to be howls of anguish and despair.
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A young woman who accidentally killed herself and her husband by digging a 2.5m deep pitfall trap in the sand is currently the subject of tragic ridicule throughout Japan.
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Ore no Imouto fans are again in uproar, this time over the freshly unveiled cover of the ninth volume of the light novel, displaying as it does a wedding dress clad and rather fractious Kirino in the arms of an unfortunate Kyosuke…
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A sex guide’s contention that men do not become wizards if they can make it past 20 without succumbing to female temptation is proving controversial.
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Japanese men asked what they consider the most bothersome conversations they find themselves engaged in with members of the opposite sex supply a ranking likely to resonate with men the world over…
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Japanese people quizzed on the reasons they split up with their ex-boyfriend or girlfriend supply the expected relationship minefield ranking, one unlikely to do much to reassure those currently in such a relationship.
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Aya Hirano’s virginal seiyuu credentials are at an all time low after her TV admission that she thinks it best to marry at least three times in life, presumably by getting rid of any inconvenient husbands with a quick divorce when they get too old.
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