More young men in Japan shunning marriage

Lopsided love: Many young Japanese women are keen to get married but their male peers are not so eager. — AFP

THE percentage of men in their 20s who did not wish to marry surpassed 20% in a survey conducted in fiscal 2015, nearly twice the level in a previous survey in fiscal 2008, according to results released by the National Institution for Youth Education.

The surveys show women in the same age group have become more polarised, with more respondents saying either they wished to marry as soon as possible or they did not wish to marry at all.