A staggering 59% of female respondents, aged 16 to 19 said they were uninterested in or averse to sex. This could mean that 40 percent of people in Japan in 2060 will be seniors. This will place a great burden on the workforce population.
The blame is placed on young Japanese men referred to as 'herbivore men'. They rejected their culture's traditional definition of masculinity, and as part of that, they reject relationships of any kind. "We like manly men," said a Japanese girl. "We are not interested in those boys—at all."
BBC News spoke to one such an 'herbivore' man, who said: "Building a relationship seems like too much effort. To get her to like me and for me to like her… I'd have to give up everything I do on the weekend for her. I don't want to do that."
Japan's government is making companies insist that their staff leave work at 6 pm to increase child allowances—hoping it will encourage people to have more children. But in order to have children, they will have to have sex!
