Survey results have found 60% of Japanese women seek a husband with an annual income of over $70,000 (in fact 20% look for twice this much), but statistics show that the average income for men in Japan is only $44,000.
The results once again suggested the reason for collapsing marriage rates in Japan may be overwhelmingly tied to the unrealistic income expectations of several generations of women who apparently consider little else in their choice of partner.
Japanese women have long been known to care chiefly about their potential partner’s income and their ability to hijack it, and the results seem to confirm this: when asked about the most important thing they sought in a partner, 34.3% of women answered “income,” versus 3.2% of men.
Similarly, 22.8% of women considered “occupation” to be the most important, versus 3.4% of men.
Women even considered the educational background of men, with 5.9% concerned about this against 2% of men.
Another survey looked at the ideal annual income Japanese women sought in a man; the most popular answers were “over $90,000” with 22.8%, and “over $70,000” again with 22.8%. 19.3% were seeking over an income of $130,000 or more.
These figures appear to have actually increased from those of a previous survey, which found only 10% seeking incomes of over $100,000.
These women were then asked what their compromise figures were; 38.8% would settle for an income of “merely” over $50,000, 24% for over $70,000, and 14.8% for over $30,000.
To put these numbers in perspective, the average income for a Japanese man in his thirties is some $50,000, and for one in his forties it rises to $64,000.
The key to securing the “heart” of a Japanese woman appears to be high income, high height, and high grades. In contrast, men are seen in these surveys to be seeking a caring nature, and a partner they feel comfortable with, and increasingly want a woman who will pursue their own career.
The traditional explanation for low birth rates and rates of marriage in Japan has been to blame it on sexism, but these kinds of results hardly support such a conclusion…
Via Dokujo Tsushin.
Who’d wanna marry a jobless bum unless if they’re self-employed?
50k isn’t that much..
And this is why country/rural girls are better that city sluts (conclusion drawn from personal experience).
What a bunch of otaku losers! Obviously none of you make more than 9.00/hr bagging groceries or flipping burgers, for all the knowledge of the world you display here. Why would a Japanese woman (or any woman on the planet, for that matter) want any of you, for 1 minute let alone a lifetime, even if you made 7 figures-you’re all cretins. Sure am glad I’m not a woman-I really feel badly for them whenever I take stock of my own gender, and I’m never surprised when they throw themselves at me whenever I just show them a little kindness.
incredible i thought gold diggers were a myth encountered sadly by rich men who thought that it’s the money’s curse but in reality women with money are like men with looks. i look like s♥♥t and hate shitty looking girls hence why ill probably die a virgin but that rather unimportant like the temperature outside wich only matters when the electricity dies or the roof rips off. but if i were to lie to an ugly girl about if liking her just to get in her pants then i would be like those jap woman who lies about love only to get a loot. even if they like there partner, it does not mean they love. it’s like behaving nicely to fulfill every one’s expectations. but in return what do you expect from your self? i know i just expect to live long, id go for 250 yrs. like if i know i don’t like ugly girls as candidate for dating then i shurely know i am out of there list way first hence why would i care that love is possible or not at that stage? even being horny is bothersome (thanx porn for reliving me of my hornyness, now i can play more video games!) and i would probably forget about her and only play games in the end so i would probably be less present than that old forgotten and hidden thing you forgot about long ago.
to find love you need a pair that loves each other, if one is not loving then it is just one sided… i can forget ordinary things like eating or sleeping or even just living a normal routine like it’s forgetting a hard name you only heard once and did not care about it. hence i could probably forget about having a girl friend… can you imagine an other me being rich and dating such a jap woman? wow nice woarm love hen? just like liquid compressed gas as soon as you move it, it gets colder on the outside of the bottle, you can feel the cold oozing out like an aura.