[untenured]

Could be somewhat overstated. Japanese men live in the smallest houses in the industrialized world, and so the time it takes to do housework would be less.

[mewzilla]

I can vouch for the less time aspect. We live in a small home and it doesn't take me anywhere near 27 hrs. a week to keep up. What are these folks doing to need 27 hrs, mopping the floor with a Q-Tip?