Dating Japanese: Asahi Shimbun:
Japanese males in hot demand among women from the West
Blue mood-lighting, slow R&B music and trays of party food make Deep Blue, a bar behind the Almond Cafe in Tokyo's Roppongi, look like any other happy hour venue. But instead of the normal mix of Japanese and foreigners in this section of town known for its internationalism, all of the women are Western, and all of the men are Japanese They came here on a Sunday night in late January and coughed up the 5,000 yen fee for men and 2,000 yen for women for one reason: to...
Dating Japanese: DIRECTOR TRIES TO MESH EAST AND WEST VIEWS
When director Steven Okazaki came to Detroit to promote "Living on Tokyo Time," the first impression was: what a total Californian. This guy is so laid-back, you could serve him prone on those plates of mashed yeast that are the epitome of the spacey Sunshine State in "Annie Hall." But as he began talking, he raised points that were the epitome of the thoughtful ambivalence behind his first dramatic film.Okazaki is critical of the...
Dating Japanese: CUPID'S LITTLE BEEPER: JAPANESE TEENS SIGNAL THEIR INTENTIONS
Their eyes meet on the street. Too shy to talk. Boy beeps girl. She beeps back. Welcome to teenage dating, Japanese-style.The Lovegety, a $22 gadget designed to make it easier for the sexes to meet, is the latest fadquake to rock Japan, with 400,000 already sold. The makers seem to be onto something: Maybe love could use a little help from technology.This is how it works: Girl is walking down the street, or maybe bored on the subway, and spots someone interesting. She switches on her...
Dating Japanese: The Daily Telegraph: Big trouble in the valley of the dolls: When Lisa Reich applied for a post on a Tokyo magazine, she didn't realise how difficult it would be for a gaijun to adapt to Japanese life
`Don't talk. Bow when you go in. Forty-five degrees is fine. Agree with everything he says, even if you don't. Smile a lot - but sweetly. And wear a skirt. Do you have one?"This was the advice I was given when I told my friend Natalie that I was to be interviewed for the position of editor of an English magazine - a monthly Time Out-style guide for expats - in Tokyo. Natalie is a broker for a German bank in Japan. She is independent, intelligent and...