For the government, the declining birthrate and delayed marriages are its biggest headaches as the graying of Japan accelerates. But for Jim Safka, chief executive officer of Match.com, that pain is his gain because it gives his U.S.-based matchmaking firm an opportunity to expand business in Japan. "We are in the business of creating couples and creating babies. Solutions we provide are a perfect fit with the social changes we are trying to counteract in Japan," said Safka, who was in Japan for four-day visit through Saturday. Match.com is the world's biggest Internet dating service, with 15 million members from 240 countries. In 2002, it entered Japan, where it claims about 710,000 members..."In hindsight, we might have started better in Japan first," he said with a laugh...Safka pointed out that the online matchmaking industry is still underdeveloped in Japan, where people, in general, are considered more cautious about acquainting themselves with strangers via the Internet...more...
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by Mulboyne » Mon Jul 17, 2006 1:10 am
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[/floatl]Japan Times: Matchmaker looks to cash in on population woes
For the government, the declining birthrate and delayed marriages are its biggest headaches as the graying of Japan accelerates. But for Jim Safka, chief executive officer of Match.com, that pain is his gain because it gives his U.S.-based matchmaking firm an opportunity to expand business in Japan. "We are in the business of creating couples and creating babies. Solutions we provide are a perfect fit with the social changes we are trying to counteract in Japan," said Safka, who was in Japan for four-day visit through Saturday. Match.com is the world's biggest Internet dating service, with 15 million members from 240 countries. In 2002, it entered Japan, where it claims about 710,000 members..."In hindsight, we might have started better in Japan first," he said with a laugh...Safka pointed out that the online matchmaking industry is still underdeveloped in Japan, where people, in general, are considered more cautious about acquainting themselves with strangers via the Internet...more...
For the government, the declining birthrate and delayed marriages are its biggest headaches as the graying of Japan accelerates. But for Jim Safka, chief executive officer of Match.com, that pain is his gain because it gives his U.S.-based matchmaking firm an opportunity to expand business in Japan. "We are in the business of creating couples and creating babies. Solutions we provide are a perfect fit with the social changes we are trying to counteract in Japan," said Safka, who was in Japan for four-day visit through Saturday. Match.com is the world's biggest Internet dating service, with 15 million members from 240 countries. In 2002, it entered Japan, where it claims about 710,000 members..."In hindsight, we might have started better in Japan first," he said with a laugh...Safka pointed out that the online matchmaking industry is still underdeveloped in Japan, where people, in general, are considered more cautious about acquainting themselves with strangers via the Internet...more...
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by Greji » Mon Jul 17, 2006 1:15 am
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What's new about this? I've been working on correcting this situation in Japan for many years now!
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by kurohinge1 » Mon Jul 17, 2006 8:54 am
Mulboyne wrote: . . . American Comes To Create Babies . . .Japan Times: Matchmaker looks to cash in on population woes . . .
[SIZE="4"]That could solve 2 problems - declining population and waning support for Sumo Wrestling.[/SIZE] ]http://www.obesity.org/subs/fastfacts/Men_NHANES_Prev.jpg[/IMG]
No offence to any "gravity-enhanced" U.S. FG's.
BTW I actually thought Oz was second after the US for obesity (it certainly feels that way when you wade into a supermarket, etc.), but according to this 2003 chart (from the BBC), we're only 4th - the UK and Germany are in front. We won't even get a medal if this keeps up!
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by Choeki » Tue Jul 18, 2006 9:43 am
I was under the impression that it wasn't that people were not getting together or getting married - rather that it was way too expensive to raise a child from infancy to late adolescence in Japan thanks to heavy taxes and a general high cost of living and education.
Another foreign corporate failure in the works (ex. eBay Japan)?
Another foreign corporate failure in the works (ex. eBay Japan)?
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by dimwit » Thu Jul 20, 2006 9:22 am
Choeki wrote:I was under the impression that it wasn't that people were not getting together or getting married - rather that it was way too expensive to raise a child from infancy to late adolescence in Japan thanks to heavy taxes and a general high cost of living and education.
Personal taxes are not that heavy and the cost of education is based on family income, but housing is outrageous, coupled with the fact that Japan has increasingly become a culture of part time workers who will never be able to afford having children.
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