“The number of single men aged 18 to 34 rose 9.2% from the previous survey in 2005. About 61% of unmarried adult men don’t have a girlfriend, while half the adult women surveyed don’t have a husband or a boyfriend. Worse still, 45% of the men and women who don’t have a girlfriend/boyfriend/spouse are not interested in finding one, either. One in four unmarried men and women in their late 30s have never had sex, the survey found.”
— CNN on Japan’s stark relationship trends and failing sex drive via The Hairpin. “Try as it may, Japan appears unable to stop its inexorable slide into long-term population decline.” Sad!
