The whole "let's go drinking after work" has faded considerably since the bubble years here in Japan, but it's taken a lingering toll on society. The generation who were the children whose fathers ignored them for the sake of their companies grew up under unhappy parents. To many Japanese, they'd rather immerse themselves in their hobbies.
Another cultural difference is that for an American guy, if he wants pussy, he's gotta go out there and win it. Become assertive, decisive, and romantic. Japan depended on the omiai system of arranged marriage for so long that men never learned how to be romantic. To go out, find a girl on your own, and get married. They had marriages handed to them for far too long and now that arranged marriages have decreased significantly, they are helpless. I've had so many Japanese women tell me that their husbands have never once bought them flowers, nothing special for their birthday, and not even a simple "I love you" on Valentine's Day. Japanese men have told me the same, unabashedly. (And Japan managed to really screw up Valentine's Day as well, making it an impersonal day for women to give chocolate to male coworkers out of obligation.)
And, of course, the central banking system this world is enslaved to ensures that it's no longer possible for a man to learn a trade, have a housewife, have several kids, and provide a good life for them. It's become infeasible to have children for so many. It's been a big shock to me now that our daughter is in high school. The equivalent of a thousand dollars for her school uniform (despite the lack of diamond sequins or anything else that would demand such a price), PE uniforms, $300 worth of textbooks, $450 for a lousy Chromebook computer, $300 per month just to pay for the school, and more. I had no idea it would be so expensive, so we've had to dip into savings. High school is considered a privilege since mandatory education ends at junior high. Then of course there is the whole industry set up around profiting from a child's education. We avoid putting our kid in cram school but there are still other expenses we have to pay because just attending school alone is somehow not enough. It's insane. So, there are many married couples who are childless, like my wife's younger sister.
So yeah, some "dating app" isn't going to cut it unless they make an effort to revamp Japan's society.
The whole "let's go drinking after work" has faded considerably since the bubble years here in Japan, but it's taken a lingering toll on society. The generation who were the children whose fathers ignored them for the sake of their companies grew up under unhappy parents. To many Japanese, they'd rather immerse themselves in their hobbies.
Another cultural difference is that for an American guy, if he wants pussy, he's gotta go out there and win it. Become assertive, decisive, and romantic. Japan depended on the omiai system of arranged marriage for so long that men never learned how to be romantic. To go out, find a girl on your own, and get married. They had marriages handed to them for far too long and now that arranged marriages have decreased significantly, they are helpless. I've had so many Japanese women tell me that their husbands have never once bought them flowers, nothing special for their birthday, and not even a simple "I love you" on Valentine's Day. Japanese men have told me the same, unabashedly. (And Japan managed to really screw up Valentine's Day as well, making it an impersonal day for women to give chocolate to male coworkers out of obligation.)
And, of course, the central banking system this world is enslaved to ensures that it's no longer possible for a man to learn a trade, have a housewife, have several kids, and provide a good life for them. It's become infeasible to have children for so many. It's been a big shock to me now that our daughter is in high school. The equivalent of a thousand dollars for her school uniform (despite the lack of diamond sequins or anything else that would demand such a price), PE uniforms, $300 worth of textbooks, $450 for a lousy Chromebook computer, $300 per month just to pay for the school, and more. I had no idea it would be so expensive, so we've had to dip into savings. High school is considered a privilege since mandatory education ends at junior high. Then of course there is the whole industry set up around profiting from a child's education. We avoid putting our kid in cram school but there are still other expenses we have to pay because just attending school alone is somehow not enough. It's insane. So, there are many married couples who are childless, like my wife's younger sister.
So yeah, some "dating app" isn't going to cut it unless they make an effort to revamp Japan's society.