Living Lonely and Loveless in Japan, Foreign Correspondent

Around the world more and more people are opting for the single life but in Japan, loneliness has become an epidemic. Subscribe: Marriage and childbirth rates are falling, as more and more young Japanese choose to stay single and childless. Relationships are too difficult, they say. In the countrys last Fertility Survey, figures showed that a quarter of women in their 30s were single, and half of those werent interested in having a relationship. Many Japanese adults arent even having sex. Its estimated around 10 of people in their 30s are still virgins.