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  • The Japanese men who prefer virtual girlfriends to sex
    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-24614830

    Tokyo is the world’s largest metropolis and home to more than 35 million people, so on the face of it, it is hard to believe there is any kind of population problem at all.

    But Akihabara, an area of the city dedicated to the manga and anime subculture provides one clue to the country’s problems.

    Akihabara is heaven for otaku.

    They are a generation of geeks who have grown up through 20 years of economic stagnation and have chosen to tune out and immerse themselves in their own fantasy worlds.

    Kunio Kitamura, of the Japan Family Planning Association, describes many young Japanese men as “herbivores” - passive and lacking carnal desire.

    #otaku #mangas #perception