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Yes the four 1′s mean you’re all alone. Singles day is an alternative to Valentine’s Day and on 11.11, people take to shopping online and has become perhaps the largest shopping day on the planet thanks to the 180 million adult singles. Also leave it to some of the clever Chinese businesses. A “Singles Day”, becomes a huge business. (VagabondJourney – 11.11)
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Japan already has of the lowest birthrates and a survey of 7000 has found that more than half of the 18-34 men and half of the women are single. The interesting number… the last sentence where it says, 25% of men and woman 35-39 have never had sex. The marriage age grows, and the numbers of single men and women not even looking for a mate is also rising. (BBC – Single Japan) (WSJ – More Single Japan) Photo: pixeltopia
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