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More than a third of married couples in Japan have stopped having sex, many of them because they are too tired or just can't be bothered...

Article: Isabel Reynolds from Reuters
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About 37 percent of couples surveyed this year by Kunio Kitamura, head of the Japan Family Planning Association, said they had not had sex for at least a month, compared with 32 percent in 2004.

The most common reason, given by a quarter of the males surveyed, was being too tired after work, while 19 percent of women said sex was too much of a hassle, he told Reuters.

"It's a question of work-life balance," Kitamura said in a telephone interview. "This is not something that the individual can tackle alone. The people who run companies need to do something about it."

His written survey involved 647 men and 821 women aged up to 49, who are married.

The trend could have serious consequences for Japan, whose falling birthrate and aging population are continuing headaches for the government.

The average number of children born to a Japanese woman in her lifetime was 1.34 in 2007, compared with 2.1 in the United States in 2006.

Kitamura said doctors may also be partly to blame for Japan's negative attitudes toward sex during pregnancy or after giving birth.

He is set to report to the Ministry of Health on his findings next year.

Is this possible? Can fatigued really lessen your sex-drive?

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Mickey
18 Nov at 11:36

All the chicks in Japan probably own one. It renders all men useless...

MS
18 Nov at 11:54

I agree with Mango – Population Control!!!

Gangz
18 Nov at 13:28

Mickey and Mango... China is the one with the population problem!...idiots...

java
18 Nov at 14:33

mango and ms china is overpopulated dummy

Theo Verwey Clinical Psychologist
18 Nov at 16:08

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Catherine
18 Nov at 16:11

Cannot imagine ever being too tired for sex.

Realist
18 Nov at 21:48

I agree with Mango ? Population Control!!! ------------------------------------------- If I said the same thing about the black population, you would be running to the Courts SCREECHING "RACIST! RACIST!" Japan is not overpopulated. Africa is overpopulated. keep your sexist opinions to yourself, Feminazi

interrested
19 Nov at 06:57

wanna give me your number Catherine?

DrdEE
19 Nov at 08:10

Catherine, what's your number? *grin*

letter
19 Nov at 11:54

Poor in mind,poor in soul, ubuntu is gone forever. Sucked by self interest slowly imploding to infinity and gone forever Cry the beloved country

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