Generation Bubble

Their Vegetable Love: Zombie Banks and the Advent of Japan's "Herbivore Men"

Japan has of late been experiencing an explosion in population of a native ruminant — “herbivore men.” Dubbed this by Maki Fukasawa, a Japanese culture columnist, herbivore men are remarkable for their impecunity, thrift, fastidiousness, and, most bizarrely, their asexuality. CNN.com reports on the etymology of this curious epithet: “In Japan, sex is translated as [...]