Controversial opinion: The concept of a 'date' is an american romantic film import for a lot of other cultures. While I'm not totally immersed in Japanese cult

Controversial opinion: The concept of a 'date' is an american romantic film import for a lot of other cultures. While I'm not totally immersed in Japanese culture, I do watch a lot of random movies from all over and some Japanese films like My Tomorrow, Your Yesterday do center around (ostensibly) 20 year olds going on dates as I, someone from another culture, understand them... Plus, from the article, we only know that people were asked and self-reported if they've ever been on a date. Date could mean different things to different respondents, no?