
Japan has discovered it has the unwelcome distinction of being the only G7 country in which the top cause of death for its young people is them killing themselves, with government statistics revealing suicide now accounts for over 50% of the deaths of men in their twenties and thirties.
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Japanese in their twenties quizzed on what it is they dread to find in rooms of the opposite sex provide a resounding condemnation of otaku, in the case of women, and gambling chain-smokers, in the case of men…
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Japan, News
- Date: Dec 2, 2011 01:20 JST
- Tags: 2ch, Cosplay, Dating, Fujoshi, Idol, Internet, Music, Otaku, Relationships

Female otaku have been sharing some of the ways they have apparently been exposed as otaku to surrounding commoner males, with predictably disastrous results for their social standing.
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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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Japanese women quizzed about the which aspects of their relationship history they would much rather avoid being asked about are none too subtle in decrying questions about their ex’s sexual proclivities as “bad manners” and “overly embarassing.”
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Japanese girls who bathe with their fathers for longer are much more inclined to love them in later life, surveys suggest.
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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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Non-fans of top otaxploitation idol group AKB48 are aghast at their latest money-making venture: AKBaby, which allows their notoriously creepy fanbase to have babies with the group’s members in exchange for a monthly subscription – much like regular parenthood, in fact…
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An article giving the “9 reasons” men end up thinking the girl they have their eye on has the hots for them too has lately been the subject of much soul-searching reflection on the more desolate and lovelorn parts of 2ch.
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A Fuji TV claim that 79% of women cannot abide the prospect of girlie posters in a man’s room has otaku up in arms – not least when they realise female objections extend even as far as desktop wallpaper…
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Deleting someone’s details from a mobile phone now apparently constitutes a grievous act of domestic violence.
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The creepiness of seiyuu otaku is reaching legendary lows – after hearing that Aki Toyosaki apparently lives with her boyfriend, one seiyuu fan-cum-stalker decided to confirm it once and for all by sending them recorded delivery letters as a way of getting them to sign for the letters and thus confirm they lived together.
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