JAPANESE CELEBRATE DECEMBER 25 WITH ADULTERY

JAPANESE CELEBRATE DECEMBER 25 WITH ADULTERY

TOKYO, Japan (Wireless Flash) -- Although December 25 is a religious holiday in much of the world, it has an altogether kinkier connotation in Japan. According to Tokyo-based venture capitalist Kazuo Haga, December 25 in Japan is "Lovers' Day," a day when adulterous couples openly spend "an enjoyable but very expensive night in a first-class hotel." Haga says tradition dictates the male partner spend about $1000 for a dinner and hotel and another $1000 on jewelry or designer goods. Women are expected to spend nearly $500 on a watch or gloves for their lover. Amazingly, even though many of the lovers celebrating Lovers' Day are married to others, Haga says everything is out in the open and the Japanese don't view it as adultery.