People in Japan are so averse to romantic relationships that the country's media even has a name for it: sekkusu shinai shokogun, or "celibacy syndrome," according to a widely circulated Guardian story on the country's low rates of marriage, childbearing and even sex. But this is more than a story about Japan and its cultural quirks: It's a story about the global economy. Japan is the world's thir
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