“ Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare) statistics show that young men in Japan are shrinking — men aged 25 or younger weigh less and have shorter legs than they did 15 years ago — while women of the same age are taller, heftier and bigger limbed.“
Source: Wait long enough and daikon legs get fashionable
By KAORI SHOJI
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/ek20100310ks.html
June 28, 2011
Japanese customers - men under 25 years of age are shrinking - shorter legs according to research
Labels: Culture, Lifestyle, research, Statistics, Trends