| The Internet woods are thick with mail order | | | | country, there are still quite a few of |
| brides from Russia, China, and the | | | | Japanese women promoting themselves as mail |
| Philippines as well as dozens of third world | | | | order brides on the Internet. One advantage |
| countries. Nevertheless many men prefer | | | | of Japan being a developed country is that |
| Japanese women they are thought to make the | | | | Japanese women are far less likely than women |
| best wives in the world. But now that Japan | | | | from third world nations to marry only for |
| is a developed nation, however, are mail | | | | economic reasons - that's right, you're may |
| order brides still available from Japan? | | | | have to win her heart before she will marry |
| Well, yes - but not nearly in as great a | | | | you! But hey, that should be a good sign. The |
| number as before. Ironically, the entire mail | | | | Western stereotype of Japanese women as |
| order bride phenomenon started out decades | | | | submissive handmaidens is not necessarily |
| ago with Japanese-American men would write to | | | | true anymore, and that applies double to mail |
| their families back home asking help in | | | | order brides. Because of the relatively low |
| finding a Japanese bride (in fact, arranged | | | | status of women in Japanese society, a lot of |
| marriages are not at all uncommon in Japan | | | | Japanese women seek to marry Western men |
| even today). The man's parents would find a | | | | because they believe them to be less |
| candidate and the two would marry despite | | | | authoritarian than Japanese men. Yeah, it's |
| barely knowing each other - they might even | | | | also true that "traditional" Japanese women |
| meet for the first time at the wedding. The | | | | are more submissive. But traditional women |
| practice of arranged marriages - marrying a | | | | rarely marry foreign men - after all, |
| bride you barely know, chosen by your parents | | | | marrying a foreigner (and living overseas) is |
| - was the rule rather than the exception in | | | | not a particularly traditional thing to do. |
| Japan until recently. Since at that time the | | | | Nevertheless, after living in Japan for |
| US was far richer than Japan, | | | | several years, I speak from experience when I |
| Japanese-Americans could easily find a bride | | | | say that Japanese women are by and large |
| from the Old Country - to marry for economic | | | | quite caring and considerate (and some of |
| reasons only was thought quite normal. Due to | | | | them are LOTS of fun!). If you are looking |
| the Western romantic tradition, this practice | | | | for a foreign bride, in my opinion Japanese |
| struck most Americans as rather strange, and | | | | women are your best bet. |
| the term "mail order bride" came into being. | | | | |
| These days quite a few American men are | | | | The Mail Order Brides blog offers |
| looking for a "mail order bride" from another | | | | comprehensive information about Russian, |
| country. There are a number of reasons for | | | | Asian, and Latin American mail order brides. |
| this. Although Japan is now a developed | | | | |