Alarmed by the spread of sexually transmitted diseases and a record number of abortions among teenagers, educators and health experts are desperately searching for ways to increase condom use.
Experts are blaming low condom use on a lack of proper sex education in schools, and concerned adults are trying to reach sexually active youths through other means, such as the Internet.
According to a 1999 survey by the Japanese Association for Sex Education covering students from junior high school to college, about a quarter of high school students and half of college students had sexual experience.
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