More adults wearing nappies in Japan than babies.

Tangatagamadda Chaddabinga Bonga Bungo

Nappy link.

Sales of adult diapers in Japan are projected to rise 25 percent between 2012 and 2017, according to Euromonitor, which noted that leading manufacturers such as Unicharm and Daio Paper are ramping up their focus on the segment.

Like a boss.

wretcheddomain

Tangatagamadda Chaddabinga Bonga Bungo wrote: »

Nappy link.



Like a boss.

Those Japanese know how to take the piss alright. I guess the nappies come with fried rice?

.Henry Sellers.

Ah jaysus, I'm off to bed.

errlloyd

You sure the source is good? Sounds like a load of sh!t tbh.

TeddyTedson

Well not quite yet it says.
That's marketing for you. Looks like I'll be wearing a nappy in my last years so.

PhlegmyMoses

So, according to that source, the Japanese are now just ****ting themselves whilst wearing microfibres. Jaysus.

Wattle

They'll probably make a game show out of it. 'Hello good evening and welcome to Super Sexy Sh1t Your Pants Show'.

returnNull

the japanese are a very,very odd race.

opr

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpZbu7J7UL4

Opr

Czarcasm

Wait till Senor Fancy Pants sees this thread!

BlurstMonkey

Young people aren't having sex, it's a huge problem for the country precipitated by a combination of work ethic, sexism etc. etc. They have a stupidly inhumane system that doesn't allow or encourage family.

diomed

The Japanese always do things a little differently. High five.

osarusan

BlurstMonkey wrote: »

They have a stupidly inhumane system that doesn't allow or encourage family.

Care to elaborate on this stupid, inhumane system?

policarp

That'll be the second childhood.

Frosty McSnowballs

Czarcasm wrote: »

Wait till Senor Fancy Pants sees this thread!

You bastard!

I wear nappies for fashion not comfort!

Gotz to Getz me bling on yo!

Lollipops23

I guess it's a good thing that they're being accommodating for their aging population.

That thing about their young people just not having sex is f**king weird though.

Czarcasm

Lollipops23 wrote: »

I guess it's a good thing that they're being accommodating for their aging population.

That thing about their young people just not having sex is f**king weird though.

I'm actually only clicking on the links in the OP now (was on touch reading this last night), but I thought this thread was about the whole adult baby fetish thing, or what's more common in Japan - Omorashi

anncoates

Anybody else picturing an ludicrously contorted, slow motion, martial arts move face (and a badly overdubbed gong sound) when they discover they've done a #2 in their nappy.

danniemcq

Czarcasm wrote: »

I'm actually only clicking on the links in the OP now (was on touch reading this last night), but I thought this thread was about the whole adult baby fetish thing, or what's more common in Japan - Omorashi

Sadly for Japan no!

Its actually a pretty serious story when you look beyong the headline, Japans population is an aging population and not only that but people are living much longer compared to the rest of the world.

So now with a lack of youth to work and pay for the pensions of the old people there is a major drag on the economy

Yamanoto

danniemcq wrote: »

So now with a lack of youth to work and pay for the pensions of the old people there is a major drag on the economy

And yet the concept of immigration remains an anathema to policy makers and public alike. Somethings gotta give, but I can't see the Japanese being comfortable with admitting foreign workers in the numbers necessary to impact the above imbalance anytime soon.

danniemcq

Yamanoto wrote: »

And yet the concept of immigration remains an anathema to policy makers and public alike. Somethings gotta give, but I can't see the Japanese being comfortable with admitting foreign workers in the numbers necessary to impact the above imbalance anytime soon.

Agreed, I think it was Rising Sun by Michael Crichton that was the first time I remember learning about the whole outsider thing.

Looking it up after was an eye opener the whole Gaijin thing was crazy

Czarcasm

danniemcq wrote: »

Agreed, I think it was Rising Sun by Michael Crichton that was the first time I remember learning about the whole outsider thing.

Looking it up after was an eye opener the whole Gaijin thing was crazy

If you're actually into books on the subject, "The Asian Saga" are a series of books written by James Clavell -

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asian_Saga

The Asian Saga is a series of six novels written by James Clavell between 1962 and 1993. The novels all center on Europeans in Asia, and together they explore the impact on East and West of the meeting of these two distinct civilizations.

Ray Palmer

The show on about it last night was a bit of an eye opener.

Basically their culture can't handle the modern way of the world. It's pressure on people to get married and then the mother is to quit working once they have a child.

The men are avoiding the woman because every relationship is seen as a likely marriage as opposed to a potential marriage. The men seem to be in a perpetual adolescence and the woman don't seem to like it. So you have the sexes alienating each other.

The aging population is actually leading the way in home robots as there will not be enough people to take care of the elderly.

There was a non Japanese nurse explaining how work is treated and saying he has to apologise to each team member for being out sick. They get 10 days holiday but people only take 5 and taking the full amount is seen as rude.

Cody Pomeray

Czarcasm wrote: »

I'm actually only clicking on the links in the OP now (was on touch reading this last night), but I thought this thread was about the whole adult baby fetish thing, or what's more common in Japan - Omorashi

oh god
watch the videos online
they are fcuking hilarious

I'm sure this screen-grab isn't nsfw, because there's nothing remotely erotic here, but just in case

Czarcasm

Cody Pomeray wrote: »

oh god
watch the videos online
they are fcuking hilarious

I'm sure this screen-grab isn't nsfw, because there's nothing remotely erotic here, but just in case

Yep, the Japanese pretty much have the "WTF??" market cornered! You should see some of what passes for gameshow tv over there!

And that's why they're such a rich, unusual and diverse culture, because reading Ray's post above they're a country entrenched in tradition and social rituals, yet they're one of the most technologically advanced and socially exclusive nations in the world...


"Stark contrast", yes, that's the phrase I'm looking for!

jimgoose

Ray Palmer wrote: »

...There was a non Japanese nurse explaining how work is treated and saying he has to apologise to each team member for being out sick. They get 10 days holiday but people only take 5 and taking the full amount is seen as rude.

They need to HTFU. In my day pulling a sickie was a Seppuku job. Hai!! :cool:

policarp

The Sumo wrestlers have being wearing them for centuries.

Ray Palmer

Czarcasm wrote: »

Yep, the Japanese pretty much have the "WTF??" market cornered! You should see some of what passes for gameshow tv over there!

And that's why they're such a rich, unusual and diverse culture, because reading Ray's post above they're a country entrenched in tradition and social rituals, yet they're one of the most technologically advanced and socially exclusive nations in the world...


"Stark contrast", yes, that's the phrase I'm looking for!

Strangely they don't actually have the most technologically advanced use of technology in use in their country.

The use faxes a lot, ATMs are inside the banks (closed at night) and have assistants to operate them, central heating is rare and they have draughty buildings etc...


There is a good article on cracked.com about it. They are actually a bit backwards on many things which is fine except they are literally dying out as a result of their own culture.

A 31 year old woman having her first baby commenting on how she is young to be having a child.

Femme_Fatale

They need some toilet training.

Call Me Jimmy

So if i went to japan tomorrow there wouldn't really be many families, just streets full of fancy dress women and all the men are at home wearing nappies living out some infantile fantasy?

Lollipops23

Lollipops23 wrote: »

I guess it's a good thing that they're being accommodating for their aging population.

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Fúck it, when I get old enough to need one of those, there's a bog hole just up the road with my name on it!

wil

Its not just the old people.

A relative was on holiday in China, involved sightseeing coach day trips. Toilets (outside of the cities) are a little simpler to here, ie bring an umbrella. (Very opposite of the Japanese hi tech ultra clean lavatorial apparatus)

Need a toilet door? - open your umbrella and squat over the hole (Karl Pilkington forgot his)

Anyway, wondering why the (not old) Japanese tourists on the coach never needed to use these toilets for the whole day.

Nappies

wil

wil wrote: »

Its not just the old people.

A relative was on holiday in China, involved sightseeing coach day trips. Toilets (outside of the cities) are a little simpler to here, ie bring an umbrella. (Very opposite of the Japanese hi tech ultra clean lavatorial apparatus)

Need a toilet door? - open your umbrella and squat over the hole (Karl Pilkington forgot his)

Anyway, wondering why the (not old) Japanese tourists on the coach never needed to use these toilets for the whole day.

Nappies

Yes, I hear it's common on long distance train journies in China to be "prepared" the trains had no toilets! and the journeys often were in excess of 12 hours non stop.

wil

Deleted User wrote: »

Yes, I hear it's common on long distance train journies in China to be "prepared" the trains had no toilets! and the journeys often were in excess of 12 hours non stop.

Think I'd prefer to use a coke bottle than wallow.
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