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January 21, 2016 05:30 AM

Gallery: Sexless Japanese complicate population decline issue

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(Editor’s Note: Graphic Content) A couple takes in the view in Tottori Prefecture, Japan, on April 23, 2014.
(Editor’s Note: Graphic Content) A couple takes in the view in Tottori Prefecture, Japan, on April 23, 2014. Albert Siegel @AlbertSiegel McClatchy
Redlight district of Ikebukuro, Tokyo, Dec. 12, 2015.
Redlight district of Ikebukuro, Tokyo, Dec. 12, 2015. Albert Siegel @AlbertSiegel McClatchy
The Kanamara Matsuri festival in Kawasaki, Japan, Tokyo, April 2, 2006. The fertility festival is held every spring to honor a steel phallus that was used to break the teeth of a castrating demon that hid inside a vagina according to legend.
The Kanamara Matsuri festival in Kawasaki, Japan, Tokyo, April 2, 2006. The fertility festival is held every spring to honor a steel phallus that was used to break the teeth of a castrating demon that hid inside a vagina according to legend. Albert Siegel @AlbertSiegel McClatchy
A couple enjoys a warm summer day at Yoyogi Park, Tokyo, Aug. 07, 2011.
A couple enjoys a warm summer day at Yoyogi Park, Tokyo, Aug. 07, 2011. Albert Siegel @AlbertSiegel McClatchy
A sign warning clients that they must be 18 years of age to enter the adult-themed business in the red light district of Ikebukuro, Tokyo, Dec. 12, 2015.
A sign warning clients that they must be 18 years of age to enter the adult-themed business in the red light district of Ikebukuro, Tokyo, Dec. 12, 2015. Albert Siegel @AlbertSiegel McClatchy
Advertisment for a club that offers sexual services in the red light district of the Ikebukuro area in Tokyo, Dec. 12, 2015. The business offers all sexual services except intercourse as oral sex is not considered prostitution in Japan.
Advertisment for a club that offers sexual services in the red light district of the Ikebukuro area in Tokyo, Dec. 12, 2015. The business offers all sexual services except intercourse as oral sex is not considered prostitution in Japan. Albert Siegel @AlbertSiegel McClatchy
The Meoto Iwa rocks, which represents the union of marriage, in Mie, Japan, on Nov. 17, 2013.
The Meoto Iwa rocks, which represents the union of marriage, in Mie, Japan, on Nov. 17, 2013. Albert Siegel @AlbertSiegel McClatchy
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