Va assenyalar que un estudi citat a l'article que afirmava que "un sorprenent" 90% de les noies japoneses creien que era preferible "quedar-se soltera”, en realitat informava que el 90% de les dones enquestades va declarar que planejaven casar-se.
He pointed out that a study cited in the article as reporting that “an astonishing” 90% of young Japanese women believed that "staying single" was preferable, actually reports that nearly 90% of the women respondents said they planned on getting married.