TOKYO - Around one in 10 Japanese in their thirties has never had heterosexual sex and the number of adults with no sexual experience is increasing, according to a new study based on national survey d
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In 2015, 11.9% of women aged 30-34 and 12.7% of men in the same age group reported having had no heterosexual sexual experience, the data showed.In both age brackets, the number of self-reported virgins had increased by several percentage points from the earlier surveys conducted in 1987 or 1992. The results are likely to be cause for concern given Japan's ongoing battle with population decline and a low fertility rate.
Peter Ueda, the study's lead author and an epidemiology expert at the University of Tokyo, said that "sexual inactivity or inexperience, whether voluntary or not, should not be exoticised, ridiculed or necessarily considered a concern for everyone."
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