Akogare, Yellow Cabs & 'Japanese Women's Diaspora'

[Taro Toporific]

'Japanese Women's Diaspora: An Interview'23 September 2000, Murdoch University
....someday a prince (ojisama) will come and take you away to live in a castle. And Japan has gradually become wealthy, and so if you get tired of it here, you look for a better place....

[Alcazar]

I like the J-woman's use of this chart in the article: All gaijin message boards have got their theories on the issue, and J-women also have their own theoretical models.

Figure 1. Diagram drawn by Nagata Mitsuko on a napkin, during our interview. Translated into English by Karen Kelsky.

[Taro Toporific]

I like the J-woman's use of this chart in the article....

Surpisingly to me, word-for-word these are the same "issues" I've heard from Hong Kong and Singapore women. There has got to be more to the super-low birthrate in developed asia than most here want to admit.

[kamome]

What's the deal with being "forced" to turn to SE Asian women? There's an argument to be made that SE Asian women are superior to J-women in certain respects.

[mnine]

What's the deal with being "forced" to turn to SE Asian women? There's an argument to be made that SE Asian women are superior to J-women in certain respects.

That situation isn't about who's better, it's about who's got the $ and who needs it.

[ramchop]

That situation isn't about who's better, it's about who's got the $ and who needs it.

It's not all about money. I'm sure there are lots of "Conservative, ignorant and lazy Japanese men" with $ that get rejected by J-girls.

[mercutio]

What's the deal with being "forced" to turn to SE Asian women? There's an argument to be made that SE Asian women are superior to J-women in certain respects.

remember, this is an argument benig presented *by* a japanese woman... therefore they arent exactly inclined to think something like that

[mnine]

That situation isn't about who's better, it's about who's got the $ and who needs it.

It's not all about money. I'm sure there are lots of "Conservative, ignorant and lazy Japanese men" with $ that get rejected by J-girls.

You misread me or took my statement out of context. I said "That situation" as in J-men going after SE-asian women. (edit: ...and the comment about some SE-asians being "superior")