In Japan, women give “obligation chocolate” on Valentine’s Day, but do guys even want it? soranews24.com

In Japan, women are the ones who give presents for Valentine’s Day, and the presents are chocolates.
There are actually two different major classes of Valentine’s Day chocolate in Japan: Honmei choco and giri choco.
Giri, meanwhile, means “duty” or “obligation,” and so giri choco are the gifts of chocolate women give to bosses, coworkers, or other acquaintances as a social nicety.
In recent years, there’s been renewed discussion of the obligation chocolate practice, some of it spurred by foreign companies operating in Japan.
While it’s not the norm, in recent years an increasing number of women in Japan have been buying Valentine’s Day obligation chocolate for female friends and coworkers.