Japanese Women Looking For Marriage in Bad Economy
 

From the Japan Times:

When Yumiko Iwate's pay was cut last year, she and her female colleagues all agreed there was only one thing to do: Find a husband.

"I want to get married soon, hopefully by the end of this year," said Iwate, a 36-year-old employee at a mail-order retailer in Tokyo. "The recession made me realize I'm not going to make as much money as I expected, and I'd be more stable financially if I had double income to fall back on."

"Financial concerns are a major reason for the increase in marriage-hunting (by Japanese women)," said Toshihiro Nagahama, chief economist at Dai-ichi Life Research Institute in Tokyo. "(Japanese) women are motivated more than ever to find a financially sound partner."

Full Article: Hunt is on for husbands as slump deepens | The Japan Times Online

Well, I'm single and want to get married, but I'm living in the US. If any Japanese women are willing to relocate here, PM me. I lived in Japan for 2 years and loved it, but family obligations prevent me from leaving America right now.

It's wierd to me how many cultures find this acceptable (Marrying primarily for financial reasons) and that people in such cultures are open and honest about it.

Even though I think that it's not really that bad when I think about it... My gut reaction to such attitudes is that it is disgusting and barbaric.

I dunno, the fed has just announced it will print another $1T, I'm not too sure if anyone would want to go live in US right now unless they work in the chapter 11 business.

This gave me a laugh as I just read something similar the other day about the US. Apparently more "career women" and mothers who decided to do it alone are feeling the economic heat and "rethinking" their decision to stay single for financial reasons.

I guess when it`s Japan though, it`s bigger news... Everything is just so strange and exciting here!

When I was a kid, I thought that was the main reason people would even bother with marriage. I also used to think that only married people could have kids too, mainly because I saw my parents were married, and they had me, and most television shows were set up that way when I was kid. Husband, wife, their kids.

Maybe you have a point...

Though this is Japan forum and the source was Japan Times....

I wasn`t necessarily pointing out the posting here. I`ve seen this news posted up on quite a few sites, and linked to from countless places in the past 24 hours. The US article went by without fanfare and disappeared (In fact, I think I only saw it because I happened to glance at the feed in the 20 minutes or so before it was pushed off the bottom.)

It just seems to be an effect of the economy, and not a "Japan thing". But you won`t spot blogs and the like making a big deal out of the same thing when it happens outside of Japan.

"She take my money, well I'm in need
Yeah she's a triflin' friend indeed
Oh she's a gold digger way over time
That digs on me..."

I don't blame them, but that's still pretty hilarious.
:gkitty:

I actually dont see the big deal though I would never marry someone solely for financial reasons who am i to say that its wrong for others to do so, you do what you gotta do. I actually find the article a waste of time as do i find the article that Nyororin mentioned a waste of time. People get married for different reasons all the time in every country why make a damn news article out it.

well, i just returned to the states after 8 years in japan and i can asure you the economy is much better in the US.

wakayama, deja vu
 

Lived in wakayama for while too. in fact i wrote about my experiences and just got published. just google black passenger yellow cabs.

Didn't I hear you on Howard Stern?

It's very common here to see young Japanese student and working holiday visa girls walking around hand in hand with Aussies and International travellers/backpackers.

However, It is not limited to Japanese and also applies to Koreans and other's..

Most are also highly promiscuous!

I am not sure what you are trying to say. Are you saying Japanese and Korean and other women who get working holiday visas are mostly highly promiscuous?

yes, that is correct. They do have a reputation with the locals and that includes the Cairns Base hospital STD clinic!

It's a VERY happening party place here.

Have you been here yourself?

Never been. Would love to someday. And I mean that.

Though I can't help but wonder if it isn't a little like people and tattoos.

"Why is it that all people that get tattoos always feel like they need to wear clothes that show off those tattoos?"

"But what if they are people wearing clothes that cover those tattoos? Then you wouldn't know they are people that have tattoos."

So I can't help but think that native-Asian women who date Aussie men are not necessarily representative of all native-Asian women in Australia because there are a faction, I am guessing of Asian women who live in Australia who you aren't exposed to for the very reason that they don't go out a lot.

You find gold diggers anywhere you go. So it is nothing new to see other countries have the same thing.

reason to marry due financial issue have been exist since long ago, yet, its always a fresh news to me. yea, ppl cant live without finance support and they do what they think is the best

Howard Stern
 

Sorry for the delay, been quite busy. Im currently in the cayman islands promoting my book. Yes, I was on Howard Stern in May. That was the very first interview i did when i returned to the states from japan. my book Black Passenger Yellow Cabs: Of Exile and Excess, is now availabe in bookstores on and offline worldwide. let me know what you think, hit me on the facebook.

It's like they are saying: "I don't love you, I just love the fact that you have lots of money."

It's the security they feel from it.

The "Asian" thing is no longer really.. Asian has become such a part of Australia that it's the norm.

You used to hear things like "easy", but even that has died now with the arrival of Aussie broads wanting "friends with benefits"

You see the notice boards here and it's not difficult to find a few British or Swiss girls posting a note for "Trip to Sydney wanted", in return for, I'm sure you can imagine..

The day's women wearing dresses and being "ladies" are all but over and as you say, Tatoos and piercings reign supreme..