He has no partner and no baby on the way, but has opted into a male-only 'ikumen' - or child-rearing - course, hoping it will better his chances in finding a life-long partner.
The course on Sunday (September 18) was organised by Osaka-based company, Ikumen University, with the explicit aim of helping bachelors actively seeking partners portray themselves as marriage-worthy. Ikumen is a term that combines the word 'men' with 'iku', which means 'nurture' in Japanese.
The course involves learning how to bathe and dress a baby, as well as how to - what the course organisers say - understand a woman's perspective on child-rearing through exercises such as wearing a seven kilogram pregnancy jacket, the company says.
On top of that, data published by the Ministry of Labor showed that men who did tie the knot rarely took paternity leave, tipping much of the burden of child-rearing onto women.
Only 2.65 per cent of men took paternity leave in Japan during the fiscal year of 2015, a far cry from Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's goal of 13 per cent by 2020.
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