In Japan, March 14th is "White Day", the day women get gifts from the men they gave presents to on Valentines Day (Because in Japan, Valentines Day is about giving men presents). I wikipedia-ed the reason behind this, and apparently in the 1960s a marshmallow company realized money was to be made by guilting men into buying presents for women a month later. According to Wikipedia, "sometimes the term sanbai kaeshi (三倍返しliterally, "thrice the return") is used to describe the generally recited rule that the return gift should be two- to three-times the cost of the Valentine's gift." I have no idea if this is really practiced, I'll ask a Japanese friend and let you know.
Many of my male JET friends received chocolate from students/fellow teachers, and have likewise felt they needed to return the favour and bought chocolates to give out today. I gave out nothing on Valentines Day, and (perhaps consequently) received nothing today. This is actually a good thing, as I gave up chocolate for lent and it would just be a terrible tease.
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