UJW considered “required reading” by the JETaa of New York!

Found in Dating Japanese Women, Japanese Culture

In the Summer 2009 issue of the JETaaNY Magazine (Japan Exchange and Teaching Alumni Association of New York), the Understanding Japanese Women was reviewed!

Below is the full article from that issue:

Like Japanese Girls? Then You Need This Book

By Rick Ambrosio

There I was again, outside my apartment, in the car with Hitomi. Again, at this awkward moment where we both fidget and she puts the Toni Braxton CD in. This is, of course, over a year ago, back in Japan. Even after living in Japan for a year and a half, I still had moments like this; social impasses as I liked to call them.

We both didn’t know what to say, or what to do. Well, in reality, I didn’t know what to say or do. This was before I understood what “nan demo ii” really meant, before I could fully understand all the silent cues. This was before I read David J. Radtke’s Understanding Japanese Women.

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UJW Featured on Japan Times Website!

Found in General Topics

The Japan Times website just released a very positive article about the Understanding Japanese Women e-book. (Click here to read the article.)

I’m so ecstatic that a source as credible as The Japan Times Online would write about it in the way that it was intended to be viewed – as a serious e-book to help Western men truly understand the dating and relationship culture of Japan and to offer honest solutions to the problems men face with Japanese girlfriends or Japanese wives.

Be sure to check out the article!

Clash of cultures – a bad mix for dating

Found in Dating Japanese Women, Japanese Culture

Here’s an interesting tid-bit I just learned the other day:
In China, small talk during a meal is considered very important to couples out on a date. Not to talk while eating could be considered impolite or a sign of no interest in the other person.

Sounds normal wouldn’t you say?

But in contrast, Japanese dating couples often sit in semi-silence while eating, only to enter into lively conversation once the meal has ended. (Please keep in mind that this generalization of Japanese dating culture refers to couples and not a huge party of drunken office workers out for a night on the town.)

Here’s a tid-bit about the Philippines:
A man should not visit his girlfriend’s relatives if he does not want the relationship to be viewed as a serious one.

Again, Japanese culture is different. Meeting the relatives doesn’t necessarily mean the relationship is a serious “we’re thinking about getting married” one.

So what’s my point in all of this?

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Understanding Japanese Marriages – an upcoming new e-book!

Found in Japanese Culture, Japanese Marriage

Whether you are married to a Japanese woman, are currently dating a Japanese woman, or are just interested in the relationship culture of Japan, the Understanding Japanese Women e-book spelled out the little-known but extremely vital fundamentals to stronger, deeper, and more loving relationships with Japanese women.

But it is only the beginning to a much larger set of resources to help Western men with their interracial relationship challenges!

Interracial marriage is probably the most challenging type of relationship to be involved in. Not only do you have to deal with the normal challenges of marriage that arise from personality differences, but now differences in culture will threaten to tear great rifts between the you and the one you hold so dear. And so the only question is this: are you prepared?

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Japanese Relationships: It’s not always your fault!

Found in Dating Japanese Women

I recently received an e-mail from man who just became “enlightened” (so to speak.) Right after he finished reading the Understanding Japanese Women eBook he sat down behind his computer to tell me this:

“My Japanese wife and I have been having problems recently. Your book is helping me realize that not all of the problems are made by me!”

Whether you have a Japanese wife or a Japanese girlfriend, there will come a time when problems will arise. And when they do, it is almost inevitable that you, the man, will get the blame.

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