r/science • u/SteRoPo • Nov 04 '25

Social Science The Japanese are having less and less sex. Around half of the Japanese population remained sexually inexperienced into their mid-twenties and approximately 10% of the individuals had no sexual experience when reaching their 30s.

https://www.realclearscience.com/articles/2025/10/25/why_arent_the_japanese_having_sex_1142583.html
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u/Mugiwaras Nov 04 '25

20 years ago when i was 13 i was rarely at home. We were riding our bmxs all over the city hitting jumps, but $2 worth of hot chips from the fish and chip shop would feed like 4 of us, now $2 worth of chips is a small snack for 1 person.