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What Japanese women want: a Western husband


By Bennett Richardson | Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor
12/6/04

TOKYO – The Japanese government wants women like Taeko Mizuguchi to get married and start doing something about the nation's plunging birthrate. But she's not interested.

At least, not if her prospective husband is Japanese.

A growing number of Japanese women are giving up on their male counterparts, and taking a gamble that looking abroad for love will bring them the qualities in a partner that seem rare at home. Mr. Right, as the hope goes, is often an American or European, a man appreciative of a wife's career and more of a partner in daily tasks.

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A person on my board shared this comment:classblockquoteUGH!!! Why is Mr. Right equated with an American or European? Why is there such a romantic view about guys who happen to be white? Not all (White) American and European men are "enlightened" nor are all of them "appreciative of a wife's career." I don't have anything against white guys, but I find something wrong with the perception that one guy is better than another based solely on race. Race and ethnicity don't guarantee a perfect husband. Link to other comments.


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classblockquoteJA YouthForum wrote:

By Bennett Richardson | Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor
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A growing number of Japanese women are giving up on their male counterparts, and taking a gamble that looking abroad for love will bring them the qualities in a partner that seem rare at home.
Over here, I see a Google ad for “Orlando Bloom: Feast your eyes on our pictures of Orlando Bloom, our man of the month”. Over in the correspnding JA Youth Forum topic, with the same story posted, I see Google ads for “Asian Dating Service” and “Japanese Women: Find women. View pictures for free.” Both sets of ads happen to be apropos for the story, but I wonder why we get the Caucasian guy ads and you get the Asian women ads with the same text? emoticon

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Nchristi ~ I'm sorry that you were inconvienced. That rude comment was posted by someone at JAYouthForum's message board - not ours. Regardless - not all Europeans and/or Americans are "white".

I will be monitoring this topic. I am pretty sure it won't get out of hand but if the debate gets out of hand I may close it.

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If things are getting to serious how about a jokeemoticon

The Husband Store

A store that sells husbands has just opened where a woman may go to choose a husband from among many men. The store is comprised of 6 floors, and the men increase in positive attributes as the shopper ascends
the flights. There is, however, a catch. As you open the door to any floor you may choose a man from that floor, but if you go up a floor, you cannot go back down except to exit the building.
So a woman goes to the shopping center to find a husband. On the first floor the sign on the door reads: "Floor 1 - These men have jobs." The woman reads the sign and says to herself, "Well, that's better than
my last boyfriend, but I wonder what's further up?" So up she goes.

The second floor sign reads: "Floor 2 - These men have jobs and love kids." The woman remarks to herself, "That's great, but I wonder what's further up?" And up she goes again.

The third floor sign reads: "Floor 3 -"These men have jobs, love kids and are extremely good looking." "Hmmm, better" she says. "But I wonder what's upstairs?"

The fourth floor sign reads: "Floor 4 - These men have jobs, love kids, are
extremely good looking and help with the housework." "Wow!" exclaims the woman, "very tempting. BUT, there must be more further up!" And again she heads up another flight.

The fifth floor sign reads: "Floor 5 - These men have jobs, love kids, are extremely good looking, help with the housework and have a strong romantic streak."
"Oh, mercy me! But just think... what must be awaiting me further on?"
So up to the sixth floor she goes.

The sixth floor sign reads: "Floor 6 - You are visitor 3,456,789,012 to this floor. There are no men on this floor. This floor exists solely as proof that women are impossible to please.

Thank you for shopping Husband Mart and have a nice day."


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Hehe - welcome! ^^

That was a funny joke - mind if I email it to a few people? ^^
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classblockquotenchristi wrote:

I‛ve always loved this board because it is has been a place of celebration and learning of many things Asian, welcoming all peoples, a portal to much greater understanding and harmony between us--not an exclusive hangout for only those who are genetically Asian. If I‛m wrong in my perception, then it is time for me to rethink what I‛m doing here.
It's my intent to make and keep this place open and friendly to all. I certainly don't want it to turn into an Asian-only hangout (not that I think there's any immediate danger of that).

I do make efforts, however, to attract Asian Americans to this board by doing things like posting at the Japanese American Youth Forum about content here that they might find interesting. I'd also like to make this place more accessible to people for whom English is a second language, although this has proven quite difficult. Even getting people through the English-only registration page is difficult. (Well-known and long-time Runboard member Firefanz has had the same difficulty getting more German members for her German writing board.)

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Ccwf ~ I think the main reason why nchristi was insulted (and others) was because of the posted comment about how a "white" would never make a suitable husband.
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Well I found it online. Don't recall whereemoticon

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I see - hehe. Well, I'm just sending it to a family member - so it won't be anything major. emoticon

Okay, back to topic.
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I’m sorry if I offended anyone; that was not my intention. I thought the article was something that would interest the people who comment on this board.

In defense of the original commenter, the “Western World” has often been associated with European and other White thinkers. Still, that does not mean anyone who looks or posts on this board associates the “West” with White. Also, Hiroshi66, I don’t think the comment had anything to do with “how a ‘white’ would never make a suitable husband.” Rather, the person wanted to address the issue of race, ethnicity, or place of birth being used to determine a suitable husband.

I hope this forum will remain open and friendly to all. In the future, I will be cautious with what topics I post. Just for clarification, may I ask what is suitable and what is not? If things are “too serious” does that mean we shouldn’t address them?

nchristi, I would like to personally apologize to you. I’m sorry for any discomfort I may have caused. I think this issue can be used as “a portal to much greater understanding and harmony between us.”


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