Yesterday I had a meeting with a couple of the top executives from Recruit corporation of Japan. One of the guys is the president of a Recruit subsidiary company. He introduced me to a young guy who he said is one of their top salesmen.
Recruit is one of the biggest and most famous companies in Japan and specializes in Human Resources and job searches. If you go to any train, or subway station, in Japan you'll see tons of free magazines and papers. It's a pretty sure bet that most of those are Recruit owned publications.
For the fiscal year ending in March 2011, Recruit had over $97 million (USD) in annual sales (which is a 30% drop from the year earlier) so "one of their top salesmen" is making tons of money for them and is no joke. The guy is now being groomed for a top management position. So he was brought to our meeting to see how to steal our information.
He was telling me that, in one of their profitable businesses, dating services and online dating, there is a huge shortage of available men! I was dumbfounded.
He said that, "...at most events there will be about 300 people. Seventy percent are women. Sometimes the breakdown of percentages is so bad that I had to go and participate as one of the eligible men..." WTF!!!????
Actually, it is okay that he participated as an eligible bachelor because he's not married (hell, I'd be stoked if a top salesman at Recruit married my daughter! The guy makes huge bucks!) but it really surprises me that they can't get enough men to join these dating parties! He also told me that they've been trying all sorts of promotions to get more men and that it was one of the biggest challenges to that businesses' future success.
A room full of beautiful and available Japanese girls and they can't get enough men to come to the party? You kiddin' me? I thought he must have been joking or that was a temporary problem but it isn't it seems.
Seriously, guys, Japanese women are having a problem finding enough eligible and suitable men to get hitched to. Unreal! This country has so many beautiful and sexy women that it's hard to comprehend but true!
Seriously. Only in Japan, eh? This isn't the first time that I've heard that the divorce rate for prearranged marriages is lower than regular marriages, but wow!
My two older daughters aren't married... Maybe if they don't get married by 35, daddy (that's me) will have to arrange marriage for them...
I wonder if that Recruit salesman will still be available in a few years? He would be a great candidate... After all, it would be nice to have someone in the family who is making some money... Daddy (that's me) certainly isn't!
WTF? Only one gratuitous cheesecake photo? Your standards are slipping.
ReplyDeleteKevin... forget cheesecake! Did you see the knockers on that religious girl? Holy - !
ReplyDeleteI don't know what to believe about Japan. Supposedly there are 1)Hordes of Homeless forced to live in parks because life time employment does not exist 2) Scores of older Japanese women who divorce . 3) A social system with so many elderly that its about to bankrupt the nation. 4) Japanese men in rural communities that circumstance forces then to get foreign asian brides. 5) A very small birth rate. Now, a business person claiming there are more women than men wanting marrage? Who is right?
ReplyDeletePerhaps, its the USA in me. For myself, Hell would be having my parents pick a mate for me. Its just so unsexy. There is no pursuit, no emotional thrill, and no conquest. I am one of the most anti-suicidal people in the world, yet, how could a person be ok with themselves each and every day? Would it not eat at your soul? It sounds like how industry mates livestock.
It's the marriage aspect that's scaring men off. I bet most of the potential bachelors are going to soaplands instead.
ReplyDeleteSo I'm sure a casual dating or friends-with-benefits event would get a much different turnout -_^
It is very hard for me to find Japanese men attractive even though I am Japanese myself. I think it’s mostly just a physical appearance of shorter, more slender, and they are not as thick as Western men are in general, which most women in the world are attracted to. Japanese women are also shorter and thinner than most of the races in the world but Japanese men can be a lot skinnier than their own girlfriends, and I can find those super skinny Japanese men everywhere in Japan. I cannot see them as manly as Western men are usually and do not find any attractiveness in those Japanese men.
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