Japan - Record 61% of unmarried Japanese men 18-34 have no girlfriend: survey

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Record 61% of unmarried Japanese men 18-34 have no girlfriend: survey

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- A record-high 61.4 percent of unmarried Japanese men aged between 18 and 34 have no girlfriend, up 9.2 percentage points from 2005, a survey by a research body showed Friday.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/11/26/20111126p2g00m0dm012000c.html

Survey: Ratios of single men, women reach record high

Sixty-one percent of unmarried men aged between 18 and 34 have no girlfriend and 50 percent of women in this group have no boyfriend—and many of them don’t care, a survey showed.

http://ajw.asahi.com/article/behind_news/social_affairs/AJ201111270043a

Lack of Money, Dating Problem Stubling Blocks to Marriage: Survey

Tokyo, Nov. 26 (Jiji Press)--Lack of money and difficulty in dating are the main reasons for young people in Japan to stay single, according to a survey by the National Institute of Population and Social Security Research.

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2011112600192

 

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Re: Japan - Record 61% of unmarried Japanese men 18-34 have no girlfriend: survey

Govt survey says economic reasons hinder marriage

A government survey says more than 40 percent of the single young men and women in Japan are not marrying because of financial problems.



Sunday, November 27, 2011 12:22 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/20111127_08.html