In Japan, sex-drives have plunged so low that young, libido-challenged men are sometimes referred to as soshokukei danshi, or herbivore men.
Think that¡¯s harsh, then consider local condom maker Sagami Rubber Industries Co., battling a shrinking, aging and now increasingly frigid Japanese clientele. It¡¯s no wonder then that the company is getting some relief from the popularity its prophylactics are enjoying across the sea.
Demand for foreign-brand rubbers has surged in China, and its tourists visiting Japan in record numbers are loading up, so much so that Sagami¡¯s thinnest product has sold out. Now the Kanagawa Prefecture-based company is limiting the volumes it¡¯s dispatching from its remaining product inventory to avoid some shops missing out before the Feb. 8 Lunar New Year, President Ichiro Ohato said.
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