Japanese culture and lifestyle have
mystified the west for centuries. But there is more to Japan and its love
affairs. Find out more here.
However a new book recently revealed some of the
dark secrets of Japanese love and sexuality.Even though the book is a romance
novel it has many hard facts and cites surveys and reports conducted by the
Japanese government that are not well known in the western world.While many
Japanese romance books are actually fictional or simply talk about romance as
it was seen hundreds of years ago, this new book actually takes a look at those
topics in a more modern and realistic context.According to one report conducted
in 2006 by the government found that around 50% of Japanese men and women do
not have any sort of relations with the opposite gender, many of them do not
even have friends of the opposite sex.A large number of them have to pay for
their first sexual experience and this is not something that is viewed as evil
or taboo in Japanese society.The most shocking fact was that many of these men
and women remained virgins even into their 30s.The book depicts the Japanese
government as a force that controls the actions and love life of its citizens,
in an indirect way.It also shows that many people focus their efforts on
academic, financial and business objectives, while anything that is related to
romance and love is seen as less important than being well educated or holding
a respectable job.In the book Lovesick Japan, the judges see love as an
overwhelming, disorienting force to which people unwittingly cede self-control.Japanese
law as well as judges have a common view that physical and emotional intimacy
including affection in friendly relationships are largely absent between the
genders, even if they are married.Japanese marriages are said to be similar to
relationships portrayed in Erotic Books; lots of sex and hardly any emotional
feelings.Its like a partnership with mutual benefits for co-existing in a
changing lifestyle.The book views marriage as unnecessary, loveless and soley based
on sex.Although this novel is fictitious it does throw some light on the
Japanese laws, policies and the local lifestyle.Finding a western style love
story in Japan is like a fantasy.Perhaps the Japanese view on love and romances
is just a new experience for many of us who dont know much about Asian romance
stories and traditions? This book does give readers a glimpse into how
relationships, love and sex are viewed in Japanese societyScience Articles,
which is something that is unknown to many Westerners who have not spent a
significant amount of time living in Japan or studying Japanese culture and
society.
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