Match-making agencies in Japan have reported a surge of up to 50% in members since the March 11 disaster. Why do you think the disaster has spurred more single people to consider marriage?
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realmind
They learned the value of having a family and it`s importance. Japan need more children and that should be based on moral values.
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ben4short
Simple:
自信は地震で潰れた。
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smartacus
I wondered about this, too. I don't see the connection between a disaster and wanting to have a family. Is there a line of thought that says if we have to die, better to die with someone we love?
For me personally, being single was an advantage on March 11. I was in a position to move fast and get out without having to worry where my family is. Had it been necessary, I would have been able to evacuate to a shelter or even leave the country without having to worry about a family. I was able to go up to Tohoku and do volunteer work without having any obligations to a family.
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timtak
Terror Management Theorey shows that when people are reminded of their mortality they seek immortality, usually of the symbolic variety, claiming that they are well liked, famous, good, people from a famous well-liked, good society that will be remembered in history forever. All you need to do is ask subjects to predict when and how they will die, and write a short essay about it and the same subjects will, relatively, overclaim their symbolic longetivity relative to the control condition.
While the Japanese are famous for not giving a hoot about symbolic self-appraisals, in mortality salience conditions they do show a tendency to rate or protect their culture. Recent research has suggested that Japanese may be more inclined to achieve immortality by social embeddedness, and by making an individual name for oneself. http://plaza.ufl.edu/phallman/terror%20management%20theory/7692930.pdf
One can achieve a measure of immorality another way, by having a long line of progeny that remember you and your effects. I hypothesise that the Japanese may prefer the latter, so when disaster strikes and they are reminded of their mortality they hit the dating agency, enter into a marriage, and make kids.
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ben4short
timtak, you are no doubt an academic, based on your wordiness and choice of words. Save the bandwidth: people seek security during times of insecurity.
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Mark_McCracken
This question assumes that people who visit match-making agencies do so to get married, which may or may not be the case.
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Laguna
Life insurance.
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JapanGal
Mark may be right. People might be using them to get to others feeling down and thus easier to get to a love hotel.
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wontond
Perhaps it reminded people that life it too short and they should find happiness where they can be it in a lasting relationship or something more brief.
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