Posted on 03/07/2008 2:59:51 PM PST by Mrs. Don-o
The Japanese population is believed to have peaked at about 127.5 million in 2005. Since then the figure has declined, with some estimates suggesting the population could shrink to 105 million by 2050. The drop is feared to have negative impacts on the nation's labor force and grave social and economic consequences. Recent reports seem to indicate that the sexual proclivities of Japanese men are contributing adversely to the situation.
More and more men, reports maintain, are turning to masturbation and sex toys rather than to their female counterparts. And further exacerbating an already declining birthrate of 1.29 children per women found in a 2004 survey by The Daily Yomiuri, is the fact that some men are increasingly turning their backs on sex.
"Sex is just way too much trouble," a 35-year-old Japanese man told Shukan Asahi this week, adding that ever since he used masturbation as a teenager, he's never desired a woman again. [snip]
Low birth rate coupled with the aforementioned sexual dysfunctions make the problems that Japan faces immediate and daunting.
"With Japan's labor force expected to decrease by 10% in the next 25 years, the economic outlook is far from bright. In all likelihood, the domestic market will shrink, production will fall, the government's revenue base will contract inexorably and it will struggle to meet welfare and medical payments for an increasing number of elderly as the dependency ratio (the number of workers supporting the elderly) will shift dramatically. In 1950, one elderly person was supported by 12 members of the working population, by 1990 it was 5.5 workers, and by 2020 it is estimated to be 2.3 workers. Naturally, the government is concerned about such a scenario," Julian Chapple wrote in a 2005 study titled "The Dilemma Posed by Japan's Population Decline".
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“Sex is just way too much trouble,”
It can be, but that’s just too bad.
Sex is too much trouble?
well, it’s true that relationships with people take work and committment. Maybe that’s the real heart of this issue. Namely, that people have become so “spoiled” or “self-centered” or “self-indulgent” that they can’t find any happiness in a relationship with another person. It speaks volumes for that guy to prefer his private activities to being in a relationship with a woman.
I wonder who will move in to Japan. The real estate, even as marginal as it is, won’t go vacant for long when the youthful population drops enough to make it an easy target.
That's a phrase I never in my life thought I would see.
Sometimes the jokes just write themselves. Too easy.
I recall an article not to long ago regarding Japanese researchers working to create the perfect realistic blow up doll in robot form.
I think they’ve watched ‘Giant Robot’ one too many times.
My advice to any similar Japanese men: "Son, you've got to get your priorities straight!"
In this case their civilization is at stake.
We should start a program to ship our single FReepers over there for "public service".
The Muslims?
“Self-pleasure is a hell of a lot less demanding than trying to please somebody else.” It wouldn't surprise me if the U.S. has these problems or gearing up for them. Look at the divorce rate. Little effort is made to make the relationship work.
Men love porn more than sex!
No wonder their women prefer gaijins.
Hot Japanese girls (giggity giggity)!
China could replace all the non-functional Japanese men rather quickly.
That’s a good question. I have read that there is not a great influx of immigrants as in Europe but that the Japanese are instead making a concerted drive for the developement of robots and increased automation to make up for the lack of younger workers. I would not find this surprising as the Japanese are among the more xenophobic peoples of the world.
I’m gonna just add “Freaky-deaky” to the list of words I never thought I would see at FR.
Maybe, but from where? Indonesia or Malaysia? They have a lot of people, but they're not the kind of economies/militaries that are a threat to even a terribly weakened Japan, at least not in the foreseeable future.
Someone send in George Strait. They call him the fireman, you know.
Dad told me that if I didn’t stop I’d go blind.
I said “Dad, I’m over here.”
True, but it would make more sense for China, with its surplus of single, young men, to hit Korea or Taiwan first. Also, China is expanding into Siberia, which is contiguous, like Korea.
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