Japanese Marriage Agency Omiai services are a long-standing way for people to find and marry partners in Japan. However, for foreigners who want to get married in Japan there are some extra legal requirements to meet. For UK citizens, for example, proof of eligibility to marry is required and this needs to be provided before any introductions are agreed. Using specialist Japanese Marriage Agency services can help to make this process much simpler.
The main aim of these agencies is to provide arranged meetings between women who wish to marry a Japanese man and men looking for wives. Their target customers are the eldest sons of farmers who live with their elderly parents, men who have no children or are multiple divorcees, workers with low incomes, older women looking to become mothers and those who have disabilities. They offer a range of services from matchmaking through to arranging and facilitating interviews between brides and grooms.
In order to attract more prospective 結婚相談所 徳島 couples, the companies spread the word via local mass media and through pamphlets distributed in municipal offices and agricultural co-operatives. Those who have met through these agencies are often encouraged to bring their new wife along on a visit to their family homes or farmlands. This can help to overcome cultural differences and also to establish trust. In addition, they are urged to spend their betrothal money on house decoration and other necessities.
However, exploitation of non-Japanese wives became an issue in these omiai businesses and there were many cases where foreign women who had been promised the position as a housewife but not yet received it fled their husbands. Some husbands also abused their power as head of household and used their wives to perform domestic work.
Some of the omiai businesses have been investigated by national consumer protection authorities in response to complaints from abused customers. In 2006 and 2007, the Service Productivity & Innovation for Growth (SPRING) project of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry launched a voluntary certification system that aims to protect the interests of clients, or more specifically 'consumers', by requesting matchmaking agencies to disclose their service fee and to refrain from making exaggerated advertisements. However, this is only a small step and no law exists to regulate the commercial activities of marriage-related agencies.
Some of the international marriages facilitated through these marriage agencies have ended in acrimony and the breakdown of families. Moreover, some foreign wives have even left their husbands, often blaming them for their mistreatment and claiming they had been 'bought' with their betrothal money. Despite these problems, some international couples who have found each other through marriage agency services remain together and lead happy lives. However, the trend of international marriages seems to be fading as love marriages gain popularity.
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