Japan Is A Nation Of Single Households

[Mulboyne]

Yomiuri: Single-member households eclipse others for 1st time
The number of single households in the nation surpassed that of households with a married couple with one child or more for the first time in 2006, according to a report released by the National Institute of Population and Social Security Research. There were 14.71 million single-member households, eclipsing the 14.55 million households of married couples with one child or more, which had prevailed until 2005, the report said Friday. The research institute estimates the gap between the two categories will further widen, and in 2030, single households will increase to 18.24 million and households of married couples with one child or more will decrease to 10.7 million. Households headed by people aged 75 or older will reach 11.1 million in 2030, almost double the 5.54 million registered in 2005. The number of single households where residents are 75 or older will increase to 4.29 million in 2030 from 1.97 million in 2005. Households headed by people aged 65 or older will rise from 13.55 million in 2005 to 19.03 million in 2030, according to the report.

[Mulboyne]

The green line is families, the red line is single households.

[Mulboyne]

Goo has published the results of a survey which asked guys what would be a turn-off to find in the apartment of girl who lives on her own:

1. Otaku anime goods and DVDs
2. Large quantities of pet clothing
3. Idol posters
4. Gambling magazines
5. Cigarettes bought by the carton
6. Cigars
7. Men's magazines
8. Power Rangers goods
9. Porn
10. Mah-jong board and tiles
11. Framed photographs of herself
12. Cat or rabbit ears
13. Figurines
14. More than three game consoles
15. A giant stuffed toy
16. Dolls (Japanese or western)
17. Punchbag
18. Kid's anime goods and DVDs
19. Souvenir lanterns, wooden plaques (tsukou tegata), tapestries.
20. Model railway

[Adhesive]

9. Porn
11. Framed photographs of herself
12. Cat or rabbit ears

Yeah, I can probably think of a couple of things that would turn me off quicker than these three things...

[Adhesive]

You know my brother-in-law?

[ttjereth]

Yeah, I can probably think of a couple of things that would turn me off quicker than these three things...

There's a few items on that list that would actually make me more interested.

[Kuang_Grade]

14. More than three game consoles
...
17. Punchbag

Interesting that four is a magic number to be one too many consoles, as if, of course, everyone in Japan has at least two consoles sitting around their apartment. Also I wonder if this was a self selected list or a user generated list, since a punchbag (which I'm reading as a heavy or speed bag) seems to be a rather unusual item for your average J apartment...or are they talking about a inflatable bop toy designed for kids?

[Iraira]

Surely, the manner in which you would judge a girl's apartment and the strange items in it would be based on her "hottness". It's easy to overlook a chick's Winnie the Pooh collection, if she 's incredibly hot. A bucktoothed chick with a monobrow who has one poster of some arrogant pop idol might disgust you so much that you run fleeing into the night.
A collection of Power Ranger figurines might serve as a seqway into whether she has any Power Rangers costumes, and whether she might model one of them for you. After that, do you really care that she has all that crap? No, you don't. You might in the coyote morning, when you are plotting your escape, but the morning is far away, isn't it.

[Charles]

Surely, the manner in which you would judge a girl's apartment and the strange items in it would be based on her "hottness". It's easy to overlook a chick's Winnie the Pooh collection, if she 's incredibly hot.

Yes, this is known as the Stinson Hot/Crazy Scale.

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[Greji]

9. Porn

Assorted used condoms lying about?

[Iraira]

Assorted used condoms lying about?

If she had a goat crucified on a black Xmas tree would that turn you on/off?