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'Giri' chocolate custom still popular for Valentine's Day in Japan -
02-14-2007, 06:18 PM
Wednesday, February 14, 2007
TOKYO — More than 40% of working women in their early 20s favor a custom that requires female workers to give chocolate to their male colleagues on Valentine's Day even from a sense of obligation, while less than 20% of those in their late 30s approve of the practice of so-called "giri" (obligation) chocolate, a survey showed Tuesday.
Of the 515 working women aged between 20 and 39 polled, 78% said they will buy chocolate for Valentine's Day. Of them, 71% will give chocolate to their husbands and boyfriends, 48% to bosses, 44% to family members and 37% to co-workers, according to Internet researcher Macromill Inc.
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