- 17 Jul 2002
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To answer the OP's question, I believe that there are several reasons for the increase of such couples :
1) globalisation : it is increasingly easy to travel and live in other countries, as long-distance flights have got much cheaper since the 1970's, and more companies have branches abroad (esp. in IT and fashion).
2) I suppose that you are referring to Westerners-Japanese couples (or to a lower extent Black-Japanese couples), because I more rarely see Japanese women with Indians, Arabs, Indonesians, etc. I guess that this is partly due to the "admiration" of some younger Japanese for the West, and also to their will to learn English or other Western languages (esp. French and Italian). On the other hand, an increasingly number of Westerners are interested in Japanese culture, especially people who have grown up since the 'manga invasion' of the 80's and 'video game invasion' of the 90's. Likewise European/American food has become increasingly common in Japan, and Japanese food is booming in the West too. So, one of the reason is a mutual desire to learn about the other's language and culture.
3) Why is it Western men who usually marry Japanese women, much more than the reverse ? I believe that this is simply because Caucasians (and Blacks) have more accentuated genetical and cultural characteristics, while Asian cultures (and genetic types) are more feminine. For instance Caucasiansmen are usually taller, hairier, physically stronger than their Japanese/East Asian counterparts. But there is also the socio-cultural aspect, the fact that Western societies have become less gender-biased a few decades earlier, so that men do more housework, take paternal leaves to take care of children, etc., while it is still rare among Japanese/East Asian men. Likewise, Japanese women tend to be more feminine (and childish, which can be cute or even sexy) than Caucasian, and even more Black women. So another reason is the male-female relation matching the male Caucasian- female Mongoloid type of couple. Indeed it is not only Caucasian men + Japanese women couples that have increased dramatically, but also Caucasian men + other East Asian (Korean, Chinese, Philipina, Thai, Malaysian...).
1) globalisation : it is increasingly easy to travel and live in other countries, as long-distance flights have got much cheaper since the 1970's, and more companies have branches abroad (esp. in IT and fashion).
2) I suppose that you are referring to Westerners-Japanese couples (or to a lower extent Black-Japanese couples), because I more rarely see Japanese women with Indians, Arabs, Indonesians, etc. I guess that this is partly due to the "admiration" of some younger Japanese for the West, and also to their will to learn English or other Western languages (esp. French and Italian). On the other hand, an increasingly number of Westerners are interested in Japanese culture, especially people who have grown up since the 'manga invasion' of the 80's and 'video game invasion' of the 90's. Likewise European/American food has become increasingly common in Japan, and Japanese food is booming in the West too. So, one of the reason is a mutual desire to learn about the other's language and culture.
3) Why is it Western men who usually marry Japanese women, much more than the reverse ? I believe that this is simply because Caucasians (and Blacks) have more accentuated genetical and cultural characteristics, while Asian cultures (and genetic types) are more feminine. For instance Caucasiansmen are usually taller, hairier, physically stronger than their Japanese/East Asian counterparts. But there is also the socio-cultural aspect, the fact that Western societies have become less gender-biased a few decades earlier, so that men do more housework, take paternal leaves to take care of children, etc., while it is still rare among Japanese/East Asian men. Likewise, Japanese women tend to be more feminine (and childish, which can be cute or even sexy) than Caucasian, and even more Black women. So another reason is the male-female relation matching the male Caucasian- female Mongoloid type of couple. Indeed it is not only Caucasian men + Japanese women couples that have increased dramatically, but also Caucasian men + other East Asian (Korean, Chinese, Philipina, Thai, Malaysian...).