Japan looking for more love.
Posted by Peter Brady on Fri 23rd June 2006 at 06:56 AM, Filed in General Dating
What a great move, the Japanese government has cut the required work hours for all hard working salarymen in a bid to increase their health as well as love live (leading to virality!)
Workers who do more than 40 hours ‘overtime’ a month will earn the right to take a day off lieu the following month. Apparwntly most of Japan’s workers do over 60 hours a week, and these figures are thought to be conservative.
Fellas… what you playing at, these Japanese beauties need some loving get your ass back home!
A recent study undetaken by the Japanese Labour Consultation Centre has flagged up that a huge amount of workers and their wives complain aout not being able to see each other – this prompted the action.
Based on the huge amount of hours the average 30 something puts in at the workplace, they don’t get time to come back for any nookie, leaving a huge shortfall in the birthrate currently at only 1.25 per woman and falling – one of the World’s lowest!
A government spokesperson recently said that the move will hopefully promote ‘love time’ between sexes, thereby having a knock on effect with the birth rate….
Previous attempts to boost the birthrate have been far from runaway successes. In the late 1990s prefectures started organising hiking trips and cruises for single people. One scheme in Shimane prefecture cost $150,000 (€120,000, £80,000) over three years, but only produced seven marriages and four babies.
I’m not sure if this new idea is going to work… my feeling is that it is the culture to work so hard and the Japanese people are known for pushing themselves to the max. Bosses will probably frown on it as most bosses do, as their bosses want to see higher rewards all the time – its corporate culture unfortunately! Japanese people only take half of their alloted holiday per year so are not going to be in a hurry to take another day!
What do you think will help the Japanese culture get more loved up? .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) your ideas
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