Many single Japanese people in their 20s have never been on a date – survey
Controversial opinion: The concept of a 'date' is an american romantic film import for a lot of other cultures.<p>If I go back 10 years in my home country any woman would shut down your conversation if you asked her on a _one-on-one_ 'date', the implication alone would question her 'virtue'/intentions.<p>One-on-one interaction would naturally occur as the casual hanging out with shared groups of friends or parties. I honestly don't really see it as backwards if anything I think it really takes the pressure off from the two people to somehow keep interesting conversation for long periods of time.