SEXUAL ACTIVITY IN JAPAN CONTINUES TO BE A PROBLEM
AMONG THOSE WHO ARE SINGLE HOWEVER, WHAT ABOUT THOSE
WHO GOT MARRIED?
IT TURNS OUT THAT LESS AND LESS PEOPLE IN JAPAN WANT TO
ESTABLISH RELATIONSHIPS BUT THEN THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO DO GET
MARRIED, IT JUST TURNS OUT THAT A HUGE PORTION OF THEM ARE
IN WHAT'S REFERRED TO AS SEXLESS MARRIAGE STOP FOR A SLICE
TO FIND WHAT THAT IS.
THEY CONSIDER A SEXLESS MARRIAGE A COUPLE WHO HAS NOT HAD
SEX IN A MONTH AND THEY DON'T PLAN ON HAVING SEX ANYTIME SOON.
I THINK THERE PLENTY OF COUPLES WHO DON'T HAVE SEX FOR A
FULL MONTH AND THAT IS NOT THE END OF THE WORLD, DOESN'T
MEAN IT IS SEXLESS, BUT IT'S MORE THE PREDICTION THAT
SEX WON'T COME ANYTIME SOON THAT THEY ARE CONCERNED ABOUT.
SURVEY BY THE JAPAN FAMILY PLANNING ASSOCIATION FOUND THAT
NEARLY HALF OF MARRIED COUPLES HAD NOT HAD SEX WERE MORE THAN
A MONTH AND DID NOT EXPECT THAT THE CHANGE IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
OKAY.
A RECORD HIGH OF 47.2%
OF MARRIED MEN AND WOMEN SAID THAT THEY WERE IN SEXLESS
MARRIAGES, UP 2.6% FROM THE PREVIOUS POLL IN 2014 AND
SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER THAN THE 31.9% RECORDED WHEN IT CONDUCTED
ITS FIRST SURVEY OF THE NATION'S BEDROOM HABITS IN 2004.
THE NUMBER CONTINUES TO INCREASE.
THE HIGHEST RATE OF SEXLESS NESTS WAS FOUND AMONG
PEOPLE IN THEIR MID TO LATE 40S.
BUT, I THINK THE FACT THAT THE COUNTRY IS OVERWORKED PLAYS
A HUGE ROLE.
THERE IS AN EFFORT BY THE GOVERNMENT IN JAPAN THE
KIND OF CURB LONG WORKING DAYS.
THERE WAS A 25-YEAR-OLD WOMAN WHO ACTUALLY COMMITTED
SUICIDE BECAUSE SHE WAS WORKING 100 HOUR WEEKS.
EVEN ALL THAT IS POSSIBLE.
BUT SHE WAS WORKING SO MUCH THAT SHE COULDN'T TAKE IT
ANYMORE AND SHE TOOK HER OWN LIFE.
AGAIN, JAPAN'S GOVERNMENT IS TRYING TO DO SOMETHING
ABOUT THIS BUT WHEN YOU ARE WORKING LONG HOURS, THE
LAST THING YOU REALLY WANT TO DO IS GO HOME AND THINK ABOUT
KNOCKING BOOTS WITH YOUR PARTNER.
I AM HALFWAY NOT BUYING THAT.
LET ME EXPLAIN.
CONTEXT IS IMPORTANT.
1ST OF ALL, I FEEL LIKE JAPAN GETS PICKED ON TOO MUCH FOR
THIS TOPIC.
THERE ARE SO MANY STORIES ABOUT HOW THEY ARE NOT HAVING SEX
IN JAPAN AND I WISH THEY HAD MORE CONTEXT FOR COMPARING
IT TO OTHER COUNTRIES.
WHY DO THEY DO THAT?
THE REASON IS BECAUSE THE FERTILITY RATE IN JAPAN IS
DISASTROUSLY LOW.
IT'S AT 1.2 CHILDREN PER WOMAN AND IN ORDER TO ENSURE
STABILITY OF A POPULATION IT NEEDS TO BE A 2.1
SO THIS IS A SHOCKING STAT ARE YOU READY FOR THIS?
JAPAN'S POPULATION TODAY IS 127 MILLION.
THAT IS A DECENT SIZABLE AMOUNT.
BUT THE YEAR 2060 IS EXPECTED TO JOB TO 86 MILLION.
PART OF THE ISSUE FOR JAPAN BY THE WAY IS THAT THEY SHOULD
ALLOW A LOT MORE IMMIGRATION.
IF YOUR FERTILITY RATE IS LOWER, ONE OF THE WAYS THAT YOU
MAINTAIN YOUR POPULATION RATE IS THROUGH IMMIGRATION BUT THEY ARE
TO INSULATE SO IT IS CONTINUING TO CREATE BIGGER PROBLEMS.
WAYS THAT?
I DIDN'T KNOW THAT ABOUT THE IMMIGRATION.
JAPAN IS JUST
NO, NO WAY THEY HAVE THAT POLICY AGAINST IMMIGRATION
BUT WHY DOES IMMIGRATION INCREASE?
FIRST OF ALL, IT JUST BRINGS NEW PEOPLE INTO THE COUNTRY SO
YOU WILL DROP TO SUCH A LOW POPULATION BUT SECOND OF ALL,
IMMIGRANTS, DEPENDS ON THE AREA, BUT OFTEN TIMES IT WILL HAVE
MORE CHILDREN BECAUSE PEOPLE WHO ARE POOR IRONICALLY HAVE MORE
CHILDREN AND IMMIGRANTS ARE USUALLY POORER SO THESE ARE
ALL GENERALIZATIONS BUT THEY HOLD ACROSS DIETS NOT
BECAUSE THEY WANT TO HAVE SEX WITH IMMIGRANTS.
THAT'S MY THOUGHT, I WAS LIKE OH IS IT LIKE THEY ARE
ALLOWING HIGH CUBAN IMMIGRANTS INTO THE COUNTRY AND THE
WOMEN ARE LIKE OH, YEAH.
LET'S GO FOR IT.
OR, BY THE WAY, OR HOW WHITE WOMEN AND THE JAPANESE GUYS
ARE LIKE YOU, LET'S DO IT.
NO, IS NOT BECAUSE OF THAT THE
I'M GLAD ASKED FOR THE CLARIFICATION DIET IS
IMPORTANT TO
PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW THAT IT IS TRUE THAT THEY HAVE A
FERTILITY PROBLEM, WE DON'T KNOW HOW MANY SEXLESS MARRIAGES THERE
ARE IN OTHER COUNTRIES ALTHOUGH THEY SAY THAT NUMBER IS
RISING IN THE UK, US AND ANOTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD AS WELL.
I LOOKED INTO THAT A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE I WANTED TO
COMPARE THE NUMBERS IN JAPAN TO THE NUMBERS IN THE UNITED
STATES, AND ONE OF THE MORE RECENT SURVEYS THAT WERE DONE IN
THE US, THIS IS BACK IN JANUARY 2015, INDICATED THAT AS MUCH AS
20% OF MARRIAGES IN THE US ARE CONSIDERED SEXLESS MARRIAGES.
BY THE WAY, THERE'S THIS HUGE MISCONCEPTION THAT EVERYONE
IS HAVING SEX AND EVERYONE IS HAVING US HAPPY SEX LIFE.
THE WOMAN IS ONE WHO DOESN'T WANT TO BUT THE GUY IS THE
ONE WHO ALWAYS WANTS AND GET SHUT DOWN.
THERE'S ALL THESE MYTHS AND MISCONCEPTIONS THAT MAKES A
LOT OF COUPLES FEEL CITY ABOUT THE SITUATION.
YEAH, THE BUT IT IS KIND OF HIGH IN THE US, AND IT IS INCREASING.
I DO THINK THIS UP SESSION WITH OVERWORKING OURSELVES THAT
SOMETHING TO DO WITH IT.
WHEN YOU THINK IT IS?
I'LL GET TO THAT ONE SECOND, BUT TO GIVE MORE CONTEXT
HERE, IF THE US RATES IS AROUND 20
AND THE JAPANESE RAISE AT 47%, THAT IS A GIANT DIFFERENCE.
THAT PHENOMENON IS REAL AND YOU CAN TELL EVEN WITHIN JAPAN AS
ANA READ TO YOU, IT USED TO BE 31.9% NOW IT IS 47.2 AND THAT IS
JUST IN A SPAN OF ABOUT 12 YEARS, SO IT IS GUY
ROCKETING UP AND I THINK ANA, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, IT
HAS A TON TO DO WITH THE INTERNET AND INTERNET PORN.
I THINK THE INTERNET HAS OF COURSE OBVIOUSLY BEEN GETTING
MORE AND MORE POPULAR THROUGHOUT THAT TIME AND 35%
OF GUYS IN JAPAN ARE SAYING, MARRIED MEN, ARE SAYING THEY
ARE TOO TIRED FOR INTERCOURSE BECAUSE THEY WORK TOO HARD.
NO, IF YOU GAVE THEM A COMPLETELY NEW WOMAN WHO
WAS ATTRACTIVE AND AT THE END OF THE VERY LONG DAY AND SAID
YOU WANT HAVE SEX WITH HER?
99.8% OF THOSE MEN WOULD SAY ALL OF A SUDDEN, I AM NOT TOO TIRED.
THAT SUCKS, BUT IT'S TRUE.
WHAT ABOUT WOMEN, THOUGH?
IS PROBABLY TWO OF THEM.
22% OF WOMEN SURVEYED SAID THEY FOUND SEX TROUBLESOME.
WHAT THEY FIND IT TROUBLESOME IS SOME HOT NEW DUDE SHOWS UP
SO PROBABLY NOT THE
IS TRUE THAT THAT'S RIGHT OUT OF THE SITUATION WE FIND
YOURSELVES IN DUCK
IS THE THING THOUGH, THAT HAS BEEN AN ISSUE WITH MONOGAMOUS
RELATIONSHIPS FOREVER.
THE NUMBERS HAVE NEVER BEEN THIS HIGH DUCK
THAT'S WHEN YOU BRING PORN TO THE EQUATION.
IS NOT THE SAME AS A TENDER LOVING AFFECTION OF A WOMAN.
I HEAR YOU, SISTER, AND I AGREE WITH YOU.
BUT I THINK THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE NOW IN A SITUATION
WHERE THEY ARE THINKING IT IS A HASSLE.
WHETHER IT IS A WOMAN WHO FIND IS THAT TROUBLESOME, I CAN GET
EXACTLY WHAT I WANT, I WANT THE SOFTWARE STUFF AND IT'S RIGHT
THERE AND THAT IS WHAT PLEASES ME OR MORE LIKELY, GUYS WHO ARE
LIKE I HAVE TO MAKE HER HAPPY, GOT A LIGHT THE CANDLES AND
BRING THE ROSES BUT THIS IS THE PORN.
THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT I LIKE THAT I'M JUST GOING TO DO THIS.
I HATE TO ADMIT THIS BUT THERE MIGHT BE SOME
LEGITIMACY TO YOUR ARGUMENT ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU
CONSIDER THE MOST SEXLESS COUNTRY IN THE WORLD IS
ALSO THE MOST OBSESSED WITH BUILDING SEX ROBOTS.
YES, AND VERY CONNECTED IN TERMS OF THE INTERNET AND SO
I THINK THIS TREND WILL CONTINUE TO RISE THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.
FINALLY, THE LAST STUNNING FACT HERE IN A STORY CHOCK-FULL OF
STUNNING FACTS, AMONG 18 TO 34-YEAR-OLDS IN JAPAN,
42% OF OUR VIRGINS.
THEY'VE NEVER HAD SEX BEFORE.
42% OF 18 TO 34-YEAR-OLDS ARE VIRGINS.
WOW.
THEIR STORIES ABOUT HOW THEY'RE NOT HAVING ENOUGH SEX IN JAPAN
ARE NOT OVERHYPED DIE APPARENTLY STATISTICALLY IT IS TRUE.
IF I WAS SINGLE, I WOULD GET ON A PLANE SO QUICK TO FIX
THAT PROBLEM.
OH MY GOD.
THAT IS SO INAPPROPRIATE.
I AM A BAD MAN.
YOU ARE A COACH YOU KNOWÖ YOU ARE.
LEVER THAT IS, I'M SURE THAT I AM.