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Gambling regularly tops lists of unattractive behaviors in Japan, so how did one of the country’s most notable hobbies surpass it?
From arranged marriages to dating apps, relationships in Japan have gone through a big transformation over the last 100 years.
Beyond embarrassingly cheap and infuriatingly cheap, is it possible to be abusively cheap?
Number of high schoolers who’ve kissed or lost their virginity drops to half of early-2000s peak.
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You can’t put a price on love, but Japan does put a price on how much you should give a newlywed couple.
The Japanese constitution requires couples to share a family name if they get married, but only one age group in survey comes close to agreeing with it.
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