Zesshoku-danshi 絶食男子 – fasting men.

It looks like there is quite new label coined by Japanese media for the rapidly growing number of modern Japanese men who are called zesshoku-danshi 絶食男子 “fasting men”. They are not interested in women and sex at all. These young men never had a girlfriend, sexual experience and never considered getting married. One more reason to the argument that Japanese

In pursuit of perfect virtual love in Japan…

This is quite old piece of news from 2009 but still may raise eyebrows of many people when talking about some more surprising facets of Japanese relationships. I am talking about first-ever marriage between a young Japanese man and video game character in Japan: Nintendo DS “Love Plus”. The groom was a gamer Sal9000 and the bride Nene Anegasaki, the

The interview about single Japanese men and their sexuality.

Please feel free to follow the link to the article about single Japanese men and their sexuality and possible sexological treatments  セックスレスからセカンド童貞まで、日本人にこそ必要な「セックスセラピー」とは?【最終回】恋人ができない男性の対処法  published in a magazine 週刊プレPlayboy Weekly, Japanese edition. This is part 3 of the interview available on Dec 5th, originally published on Dec 1st in the hard copy magazine.  Part 1 and part 2 have been published online

The interview about erectile and ejaculatory dysfunctions and sexological treatments in the Japanese context.

Please feel free to follow the link to the article about erectile and ejaculatory dysfunctions and possible sexological treatments  セックスレスからセカンド童貞まで、日本人にこそ必要な「セックスセラピー」とは?【第2回】ED治療と早漏改善  published in a magazine 週刊プレPlayboy Weekly, Japanese edition. This is part 2 of the interview, originally published on Dec 1st in the magazine.  Part 3 will be available on Dec 5th.  

Book recommendation: Japanese Higher Education as Myth – 2002 by Brian J. McVeigh

This book is recommended to every educator in Japan, both Japanese and non-Japanese national, who wants and needs to be better prepared for challenges and shortcomings of Japanese Tertiary Educational System. Brian J. McVeigh in his scathing analysis of Japanese Universities offers an intriguing insight into Japanese Mind through the lenses of students and the faculty perspective alike, as well

The sexist comments hurled at a Japanese assemblywoman by governing party members.

A clear example that Japan is still a male dominated society prompt to sexist behaviours: the incident during Tokyo assembly meeting after lawmakers hurled sexist comments at an assemblywoman Ayaka Shiomura giving a speech about the need for more services for women. Read more at: Tokyo assemblywoman heckled on why she isn’t married or having children and Outrage follows sexist outburst at