News that "Why Japanese people are increasing the number of sex-inexperienced people around the age of 30" is reported at CNN

The problem of modern Japan is that there is a "low birthrate and aging population" problem in which the population of the young generation continues to decrease, but there are various reasons for this. In the article published as CNN by CNN, we associate the fact that the proportion of inexperienced sex among the unmarried in the so-called "mature generation" of 30's including the latter half of the 20's was increased, and declining birthrate and aging The problems that society faces, how to deal with it, and how the future society will be talked.

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◆ Virginity and virginity rate of increasing age around 30 years
According to the article, according to the survey conducted by the government, about 40% of the population in their 20s and 30s "There is no partner in intimate relationship"CNN points out that many people feel such a relationship" is troublesome ". In another survey carried out in 2010,About one out of four unmarried men and women in their thirties have no experience of sex, I'm raising a problem by introducing that the result has come out. Yoko Wakatsuki reporter who created the article said, "The Japanese economy in the 1980s was still the best I was still single, which was the same in men's and women's date scenes, Ike likes losing a virgin before marriage In fact, I did not feel conscious of sin, for myself, losing a virgin was a big event personally, but it was not that big in society at that time in the 1980s It was vibrant in Japan, and the life was rich. "

When I was a young, single woman in Japan in the 1980s, the economy was red hot and so was the dating scene.
Cool girls were not ashamed of losing their virginity before marriage.
It was the bigsie. It was the 80s, Japan was alive, and life was good.

It is Japan that enjoyed such a "happy era", but Mr. Wakatsuki pointed out that it has changed completely now. He says he is feeling a sense of crisis that the interest in sex or gender relationship that he and his colleagues of the same generation have changed into indifference in the present day in Japan.

The following pages are actually the survey results which the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare in Japan has published and the survey that we could refer also in articles. In the table on page 11 of the report, 25% of unmarried men between the ages of 25 and 29 are known to have no experience of sexual intercourse, 26.1% from 30 years old to 34 years old, whose figure is younger generation It turns out that it is reversed. Even in one woman, the figure in the same generation is 29.3% and 23.8%, and it is also revealed that about a quarter of people are inexperienced in sexual intercourse.

(PDF file)The 14th Survey of Birth Trends National Survey on Marriage and Childbirth Results of Singles Survey Outline


That said, these figures areIt is not prominent in time series from the pastIt is necessary to pay attention to that point. In the result of the 14th survey it is true that the numbers rose in each generation, but as you read the figures in the generations excluding the ages of 30 to 34, from the left of the table, it changes much more than in the past It is also possible to say that it can be said that the percentage of inexperienced people is decreasing (= the percentage of experienced people is increasing). Rather, it may be that the inexperienced rate in the age of 18 to 24 is rising by about 7 to 8 points at one stroke (bold line in the figure).


Also, although not mentioned in CNN's article, the cause of declining birthrate is the average number of children a single woman gives birth in a lifetime "Total special fertility rate"Has been at a low level also has a big influence. In addition, the situation regarding the declining birthrate is not as simple as can be cleared up with a single word, such as the voice saying that "society is strict about raising children" is raised.

◆ Indifference to gender
Mr. Wakatsuki pointed out that "Indifference to sex is becoming an extremely big social problem in Japan" and it is causing problems of declining birthrate of society progressing at unprecedented speed in the world. As one of the attempts being done in Japan that has such a problem, I introduce that "nude drawing club" is being held targeting an increasing mature generation.


Mr. Wakatsuki who wrote about the situation said, "A man who has no sex experience by age 30 or 40 simply merely draws nude because it seems like only a few drops of water are added to the burning forest fire Although it seems to have felt that it will not solve the problem ", he seems to have been informed of the unexpected thing when he interviewed Sakai Takashi (pseudonym), one of the participants.


A 41-year-old Mr. Sakai participating twice a month is a barrier-free nude drawing event hosted by "White Hands" based in TokyoLet's learnSo in this place Mr. Saakai says that he got the opportunity to approach the actual naked woman for the first time, not imaginary like manga and animation.

In addition, the white hands presided over "Virgin is a bright school that thinks to Majime"Virgin AccademiaIs an official text that spans approximately 100 pagesVirgin Breaker!It is said that he is constructing a curriculum with teaching materials.


Mr. Sakai told the interview, "When I meet a woman and feel charm, inviting me to a date, hand in hand or kissing usually goes like that, but in my case that kind of thing It did not happen, I thought that such opportunities would come naturally, but I did not have anything. "

Mr. Sakutsu Shingo who works as a "sex helper" at the White Hands said, "A male generation male who wants to change his / her own situation with inexperienced sex lacks a real life experience with a woman , Giving them the time to spend watching the naked lady is the first step towards problem solving, "he says the purpose of the activity.


Mr. Zakutsu explains the situation in Japan "There are many entertainment in Japanese society, besides love and sex, animation and entertainers, comics, games, sports, etc." I think that why you need to choose love and sex in situations where there is something fun without the possibility of hurting yourself, "he points out the reason for indifference to sex. "The illusion of" perfect human relations "and the fear of" failing "of Japanese people leads to the problem of society now," he says, telling the background of the problem and telling the background of the problem He said that apathy had an effect on the decline in the birthrate.


Mr. Sakai participating in the drawing group has hobby as mountain climbing, and the profession is a teacher. I have not experienced sex so far, I have no experience of kissing or having a relationship with a woman. Mr. Sakai said that he had kept secretly such "career" around him, "Do not tell the surroundings that you are a virgin behaves as if the actual problem does not exist, and you want the problem on the shelf It was like hiding in a place that anyone can not see. "

Mr. Saakai and the future of society in the future
Mr. Wakatsuki who made an article on CNN says, "While looking at my son who is six years old, will Japan become a" good home "? If the population decline rate remains unchanged, the population of Japan will be reduced by 30% from 2015 in 2060, and the society in which two out of the five population have become over 65 years of age will survive I wonder if this child's life will become what I can do.

Mr. Wakatsuki talks that Japanese sex view and human relationship view has changed significantly in his own 27-year career. Bubble In the 1980s, a woman who was unmarried and over 25 years old was called "Christmas cake" in the sense that "shepherd date has passed." When it reaches the 1990 level, it is called "Toshikoshi soba". This, of course, that "age" is 31 years old.

And in 2015, such a name was already pointed out as a laughter as a "wisdom expression". As a result of 20 years of economic downturn, Japanese men said that they were completely eliminated by losing confidence because there is no earnings to support their families as well as employment.


Similarly, Mr. Sakatsume said "The economic situation and the scale of income are greatly related to the way you feel confident in yourself, the less your self-confidence in your income, the loss of confidence builds affection It makes things difficult. "

Mr. Sakai seems to be talking to herself without hiding his past in the White Hands session, and by speaking everything to other people, he was able to notice that "I am not alone". Mr. Sakai said, "There are a lot of people living in society as if they" do not have sexual desire for themselves. "As a matter of fact, if you touch directly, I feel that such people are increasing I will tell you.

Mr. Sakai still wants to graduate from the virgin, but on the other hand he said that the feeling was indescribable. "Now that I can speak the real thing I feel comfortable now.When I talk, I noticed that my situation was not necessarily change but I realized that I should recognize it." It seems he was talking about his feelings, "I have not given up yet."


There seems to be people who have various opinions about the content of the article, but it is simply a conclusion as to how certain a certain correlation exists between the problem held by society in Japan and the sex experience rate It seems to be said that it is a difficult problem to issue. Of course there is no objection about the concept of the group or person who is appearing, but how is it supposed to be received in the world by saying that this topic was disseminated as an article from CNN by Tokyo I am anxious about that.