One in Three Japanese Men to Remain Single for Life

Ten thousand yen a month for his gym membership and up to three cans of chuhai or beer each day. This is how 39-year-old Yuta Tedara, Kanagawa Prefecture resident and certified care worker lives—comfortably, with a few extravagances thrown in. Even though more than 60% of Japanese men at this age are already married, Terada is a bachelor and hasn't even had a girlfriend for more than a decade.

His annual salary is 2.8 million yen ($25,000), and although he is a highly experienced care worker, Terada has changed employers every few years. We asked him what he thinks of Japanese people's ideal picture of marriage, in which the husband is the breadwinner and the wife stays home to care for the house and children. His response: "I definitely want children, but with my current line of work I don't think that's possible."

Terada's daily living expenses are not demanding. He lives with his 69-year-old father, who retired at age 65 but still brings in 30,000 yen per month on top of his post-retirement pension benefits. His father also owns the house in which they live. "Even if I were to meet someone I really like, I don't think I would feel the need to get married right away," says Terada, describing his recent thoughts on the matter.

The ratio of unmarried people in Japan has been steadily growing. Japan once boasted a 98% marriage rate, but things have changed drastically: according to 2010 statistics from the National Institute of Population and Social Security Research, one in five Japanese men and one in 10 Japanese women have never been married by the time they reach age 50, and over the next 20 years, these ratios are expected to grow to roughly one in three for men (29.0%) and one in five for women (19.2%).

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Daisuke Iida, 44, a non-permanent, contract-based employee of the Japanese postal service, has no real desire to marry. His living situation, however, makes him worried about spending the rest of his life alone. Iida's current Tokyo apartment, a two-room setup that costs 60,000 yen ($520) per month, is financially feasible for the time being, but he is unsure of whether or not he will be able to afford this lifestyle indefinitely. As Iida puts it, "I'm not sure whether I'll be able to keep a roof over my head when I reach old age."

At the Japan Post, a number of fellow postal workers in their 20s and 30s have lower salaries than Iida's 200,000 yen ($1,800) per month.

"With that kind of monthly pay, even a two-income household would have trouble making ends meet," says Iida. "If the government is really serious about boosting marriage rates, addressing the low birthrate problem and tackling other such issues, they should work to reduce the number of unstable, contract-based employees like me and find a way to ensure an acceptable minimum standard of living."

Marriage prospects are not declining only for men. Thirty-one year old Sachie Ito, a female employee at an IT firm, has attractive features, boasts a model's figure and makes a favorable impression on everyone she meets. However, she is troubled by the fact that she just can't seem to find the right marriage partner.

"Rather than a guy who is merely fun to be with, my ideal partner would be someone who stands by me when things get tough and helps me overcome those challenges," explains Ito.

Although she claims she is not looking for a man who is perfect in every way, one of her conditions has proved more difficult than expected: she wants a partner with an annual salary of at least 4 million yen ($37,000), something that many men can't live up to. In fact, nearly 70% of Japanese women expect their future spouse to earn at least 4 million yen per year, but in reality, more than 70% of unmarried Japanese men earn less than this. Because only one in four men is deemed "acceptable" by these standards, competition for marriage partners has become fiercer than ever in recent years.

Today's popular singers often perform songs about the thrilling, emotional ups and downs of relationships between women and men, but many of the young people listening to these music have a surprising lack of romantic experience in their own lives. For example, 36.9% of contract-based (non-permanent) male employees in their 30s have never been in a relationship.

Well-mannered and dressed in a navy suit, Haruki Okada, 35, is a contract-based employee at a major construction firm. He started seeing his first-ever girlfriend three years ago and is passionate about marrying her someday, but her parents don't approve.

"In addition to what my girlfriend wants, her parents have certain expectations when it comes to their daughter's future husband," says Okada. "Ultimately, it seems that men are chosen for their earning power and social standing."

Despite graduating from one of Japan's most competitive universities, Okada suffers from depression stemming from stress brought about by failures in his job-seeking efforts. He was hired to fulfill the disabled employee quota at his current workplace, and his yearly salary is less than 1.5 million yen ($14,000). Okada's girlfriend also suffers from schizophrenia, which helped solidify their mutual bonds of trust.

This is not his only challenge. Okada suffers from erectile dysfunction (ED), a worrisome condition that prevents regular sex with his partner.

"People often say that Japanese adult movie stars are the most beautiful in the world," says Okada. "In the past, I used porn as a way to take care of my physical urges, and until meeting my girlfriend I wasn't in any rush to lose my virginity with a real girl." He experienced ED after he began seeing his girlfriend, and when he went to see the doctor, he was told by his doctor that people who don't take advantage of their hormones and youthful energy to lose their virginity in their 20s sometimes face ED later on.

Numerous men and women with unreliable employment situations face the challenge of declining marital prospects. But there is another group in the increasingly unmarried nation of Japan that, although fewer in number, faces the same problem: highly educated, highly paid women.

Tokyo resident Rika Adachi, 41, graduated from one of Japan's top private universities and found work at a major telecommunications company. Now three years into her current job as manager, her annual salary is 8 million yen ($74,000).

A former proponent of single life, Adachi had little interest in marriage, but when her mother began suffering from heart disease several years ago and could no longer take care of herself, Adachi realized that "if something like that were to happen to me, things would be tough," and she registered at a matchmaking organization to look for a partner.

Her ideal partner is someone who is polite and well-mannered, can earn his own keep, is self-sufficient, and who won't tie her down in any way. It might be an exaggeration to call this an ideal man, but Adachi's requirements are definitely not easy for her envisioned partner to meet. On top of these, Adachi firmly adds that "I don't like stupid people."

Finding a partner who meets such requirements is no easy task. One approach to seeking out mates is known as homogamy, in which the seeker looks for someone with the same type of job, social status, interests and so forth. Adachi adopts this approach, and in her case, the failure to find a marriage partner poses no threat because she has the financial means to continue supporting herself as a single woman. For people like Adachi, marriage is a luxury, not a necessity, and having no partner is better than putting up with an unsatisfactory one.

According to an estimate by the marriage-themed magazine Zexy, more than 7.2 million of the 18 million unmarried men and women in their 20s, 30s and 40s in Japan do not currently have a steady romantic partner but wish to marry at some point in the future. Their success or failure will not only influence these people's lives, but it will also have a major impact on Japanese economic growth as a whole.

>he literally copy and pasted a fucking news article here
go back to yliluata

And if I hadn't done that, some retard would be bitching about that as well.

you link to archive.org here newfag, now gtfo and lurk for another year before you post here again

bump

:^)

i live almost exactly the same thing as the nip in OP.

im fit, not ugly, intelligent, educated etc but desu i just cant find a woman nor particularly feel the need for one.

>His annual salary is 2.8 million yen

He's a millionaire!

this

>Ten thousand yen a month for his gym membership

this dude does NOT lift.

>Japan once boasted a 98% marriage rate, but things have changed drastically: according to 2010 statistics from the National Institute of Population and Social Security Research, one in five Japanese men and one in 10 Japanese women have never been married by the time they reach age 50, and over the next 20 years, these ratios are expected to grow to roughly one in three for men (29.0%) and one in five for women (19.2%).

As a fedora I'd like to apologize for everything bad I said about christianity and traditional families.

Holy shit what a fucking mistake.

Women have unrealistic expectations of men, and overvalue themselves.

MGTOW. HIT n SPLIT

>Even though more than 60% of Japanese men at this age are already married

all my friends were married T^T

> In fact, nearly 70% of Japanese women expect their future spouse to earn at least 4 million yen per year, but in reality, more than 70% of unmarried Japanese men earn less than this.

Women have lost touch with reality.

marriage is what happens when you impregnate some broad because condoms are gay.
you dont plan it

>tfw cute gooks will go after BWC instead

life is good

>desu
Fuck off weeb
>"you cant be a weeb if you're asian!"

not even millionaires are enough for women this days

>women = facts
more like
>women ≠ facts

Sage

>OPEN UP THE BORDERS TO WHITE MEN NOW REEEEEEE

Who cares?

So basically their economy is in the shitter, women don't want 75% of men because they want to be provided for, and those men have no other options, so they just say "Okay" and masturbate to anime instead.
Sounds like they could use a war.

>nearly 70% of Japanese women expect their future spouse to earn at least 4 million yen per year, but in reality, more than 70% of unmarried Japanese men earn less than this

Fucking 3DPD women, that's why even the animals in Japan go for 2D women.

>Research, one in five Japanese men and one in 10 Japanese women have never been married by the time they reach age 50
Eh, how come they are 2 times more forever alone men than women? Though I guess they just take turns marrying alphas

>women expecting men to provide for them in 2017
Doesn't work like that anymore.

Japanese women are borderline insane

Also have to be lucky enough to find one who has fun in sex instead of lying there like a bag of sand

And don't forget the F1 screaming

divorce.
wealthy alpha men married 2,3 times.

4 million yen is 35k USD. Females here in the U.S want their husbands to make at lesst 60k minimum in most cases.

So basically like anywhere in the world.

So?
He just works, its not looks like he is hikki or smtng like this. Anyway, why the fuck you even bothered? Its not your deal, go fuck yourself for blaming people for living their life like they want

There's literally nothing wrong with a bit of depopulation.

That's what's happening in the west too now

Most men are invisible to women now

Not married doesn't mean single, dumb fuck.

will Japan be saved?

>one in five Japanese men and one in 10 Japanese women have never been married

it's to be honest, newfag

>Adachi had little interest in marriage, but when her mother began suffering from heart disease several years ago and could no longer take care of herself, Adachi realized that "if something like that were to happen to me, things would be tough," and she registered at a matchmaking organization to look for a partner.
>Her ideal partner is someone who is polite and well-mannered, can earn his own keep, is self-sufficient, and who won't tie her down in any way.

lol she's gonna die alone

>instead of lying there like a bag of sand
Believe me user, that's a woman trait PERIOD, regardless of where they are from.
This is why a I want a woman who has done porn.

fuck off fucking newfag kraut piece of cuck shit

Go there and impregnate a Japanese woman. They literally want you to do so.

That's exactly what it means ya dingus.

Still 99.8% Japanese. Whito piggu BTFO.

you can be in a relationship, and thus not single, and not married
dingus

women working and earning their own salary was a mistake

>mfw going to teach in Japan starting this summer
>mfw getting paid 3 million yen a year plus living expenses

I'm coming over to steal your women, jap boy.

No. Your still too young to know what Married/Single is. You will learn. Especially after the 30th job application, tax filing, loan app, anything government form.

27 y old office worker here
never had gf, not planning to have any, every girl i met so far have either terrible personality or ugly/unattractive, anyway who cares as long as you are satisfied with your life

As a relatively attractive white male, do you think I would be able to go to Japan, impregnate some women, and leave the country never to see them again? Consensual of course.

>literally nigger tier

>As a fedora I'd like to apologize for everything bad I said about christianity and traditional families.
>Holy shit what a fucking mistake.

I know that feel bro, you don't value what you have until its gone.

there are boxes to tick for in a relationship but married, and for many purposes you are the equivalent of married after 6 months in a relationship anyway

>being a nigger
The hypocrisy of Sup Forums in one post

They forgot something important. Most Japanese women don't want to marry because they don't want to be their husbands mother, which is expected by Japanese men. This is why they have such an inordinate amount of attractive women doing JAV...they don't want to live that traditional Japanese lifestyle.

4 milj yen is fucking nothing though. You would be asking your future man to have below median wage here

>Acting like a rapefugee

The joke will be on you when you end up in the countryside and every woman over the age of 18 is already married

fuck, why is it always some bald headed creepy looking fat fuckwit.

it is not even racemixing

>being this new

>being alpha and getting women with consent in a country full of beta males
>the same as raping women

Cause they are the nerds who get good jobs that have operations in Asia. Or they were soldiers.

But unlike niggers, I would be doing a service to Japan.
Their men don't want to father children, I will be spreading my superior white genetics, all asians want to be white, half white japs are worshiped and will have life on easy mode.
Niggers spread disease and their shit civilization destroying seed among a population that doesn't need more niggers. There is nothing good about it

Literally just wants a roommate incase she needs to be taken care of some day. The japs have turned into fucking robots.

Meanwhile irl

No. You forget, your off spring will never be a Japanese citizen. They may even deport it some day.

Pathetic. Rationalizing like niggers always do

>forgoing the attachments of the heart.

Good, there is only sorrow along that path.

I think all white men should be deported from existence

Did someone post the ayylien photo again

gee I guess that means they have to take niggers and sandniggers in now

tfw I will search for a qt 3.14 nip gf and then marry her and live a comfy and peaceful life in safe and homogeneous Japan.

feels good tbqh all the workout I did to attrack a qt 3.14 nip will be rewarded kek wills it.

>spreading my superior white seed

Wouldn't you just be diluting it?

>niggers
>rational

Yeah I caught that too. She basically wants to continue living independently and wants the guy to be able to pay his own way, cause she doesn't intend to, but be available for her at her beckon call.

In reality....

Literally all you have to do is stop keeping them in the same restaurant your first date for three hours.

Take her to a place you know the bartender, or where you're friends are going to be who know the bartender. The key is to keep moving venues.

I see so many dumbasses keep their date in the same chair for three hours because they have no clue what comes after fancy dinner.

>DONT know what rationalizing is
Typical stupid white nigger

You look like David Fagster Wallace.

Fuck of Australia nobody wants abbo genes.

>Rationalize: attempt to explain or justify (behaviour or an attitude) with LOGICAL REASONS, even if these are not appropriate.
>Rational: based on or in accordance with REASON or LOGIC.

>ITT bootyblasted chink OP tries to rip on the Nips.

Shouldn't you go back?

>low birth thread
>turn into muh dick thread

stop

Newfag.

>date
>friends
>know the bartender

Meanwhile....

Dumb oz nigger

Jesus fuck that's depressing.
I work with a 50 year old who still lives with his mum, and I don't think he's ever had a girlfriend or any kind of romantic or sexual contact.
I really hope I don't end up like him

>EVEN WHEN THESE ARE NOT APPROPRIATE
typical Oz dummy

It's hard to believe this tbqh. I don't go to the gym anymore, live at students dormitory, don't have a car, part time job which pays 90$ a week, 500$ from parents and I still have lots of sex with women. You just have to be social and open, that's it.

what sector do you work in

Then you can be his first dumdum

DFW is the best writer that ever lived and he fucked all the women.

Thanks to urbanization and unreal expectations women now have about men

accounting

Nobody wants to have children, nor men neither women. That's common problem in all modern countries, not only Japan. Kids nowadays are a huge chore, especially since it will pretty much kill your career. And no woman in their right mind would want to be a single mother

haha say whatever I am really /fit/ I will put here a photo but nvm so how on earth will a qt 3.14 nip gf reject a /fit/ 6'2'' white male master race? It simply wont thats why my plan will work.


So Im sorry for you but I will be living a comfy life while you burn on britain during the massive civil wars have fun fighting against all those evil white males my precious happa brit