Ever since I started the "Dating in Japan" series people kept asking me about how and where to find a Japanese partner, especially when living outside of Japan. So, I figured I should at least share my personal experience a bit.
Regular readers of my blog know that I've left Japan about a year ago.
So, for the first time in almost a decade I'm in the same shoes as most of my readers. How can I connect with Japanese people when I'm outside of Japan? How to get to know Japanese people?
Today I want to share my personal experience with certain websites, because I hate recommending stuff I haven't tried myself. I hope it'll help you in finding a Japanese partner.
After I had left Japan I was a bit afraid that I might lose my Japanese, so I wanted to connect with Japanese people or at least people who're interested in Japan. I found "worldfriends" to be a great resource for cultural exchange, finding language exchange partners, but also for dating. It is not limited to Japan, but you can set your profile so that you'll find people living in Japan or with the same interests etc.
I've managed to get to know quite a few interesting people that way.
Registering is free of charge. In order to be able to exchange messages with others one of you needs to have a paid account, though.
Luckily the majority of people I wanted to talk to had one, so I never had to pay anything.
I know there are a lot of rumors going on and for sure there are tons of scam dating sites out there.
That's also the reason why I always hesitated to use one. I've known about "JapanCupid" for many years, but being the paranoid girl I am, I was too afraid to use it while I still lived in Japan. (*We once had a stalker issue at our school in Japan, but that's a different story).
I'm so glad I registered there!
It is similar to "worldfriends", but the main focus is clearly on dating. You can set up a "partner profile" where you search for certain things such as ("age", "ethnicity", "country", "non-smoker" etc.) – and it will only show you people who match that criteria.
To be honest I didn't expect much.
And yes, I did get a lot of mails from guys that didn't fit my profile at all (80-year-old guy from India, anyone?), but you just can ignore these.
On the contrary, I was actually surprised to find quite a few guys that fit my profile and that were REALLY nice. And it was inspiring and fun exchanging messages with them.
By the way, the system is similar to "worldfriends". Registering is free, but if you want to exchange and read messages from other members you need to become a paid member. Again – as a woman – I didn't need to pay, as most guys had a paid account and that way communication was possible. As long as one has a paid account it works.
And if you find someone interesting after exchanging a few mails you can always move on to "normal" e-mail, WhatsApp, LINE etc.
Like mentioned before I've talked to a lot of interesting people that way. Some of them live in Japan, some of them here in Germany.
If you feel comfortable enough and are sure the other person is not a mass-murder, you can meet and see how it goes.
One Japanese guy happened to live not too far from me and so we met. Actually quite a few times. And we became very good friends.
So, I can totally see how one would find a partner through such a dating site.
I guess through this experience my image of dating sites also has changed a bit.
If you have difficulties finding a partner, I think they're not too bad.
And if you're looking specifically for a Japanese partner, but don't live in Japan, then this might be a great option for you!
I almost forgot to mention AsianDating.com which is very similar to JapanCupid. The layout and the entire system is exactly the same, only that it focuses on people from all of Asia, not only on Japanese people.
For me personally, JapanCupid worked better as I had the feeling there were a lot more people fitting my "partner profile". Worldfriends is definitely also a great option, especially because you can get to know people who're not (only) interested in dating, but in cultural exchange, language partners, travel experience exchange etc.
What's your experience with dating sites?
Have you tried dating sites before?
Have you tried any of the ones I've mentioned here?
Please feel free to share your experience in the comment box below.
But it is very difficult to seperate out the garbage, but I think that is the same for all those Websites for finding friends or a partner.
I think that's a general issue when looking for someone online. It has quite a few advantages, but also many disadvantages.
And one has to be more careful, too!
i got actually only bad experiences with any kind dating/exchange sites and i tried lots of them (international and japanese). success rate was zero for me, even though i was more looking for language exchange and meeting people than actual dating. usually after a few messages the conversation stopped and in five years in japan i met exactly two people in real life and those exactly one time, after that i never heard from them again.
my biggest issue with those sites is that the foreign people search exclusively for japanese partners (usually they never look for anything else) and the japanese people are looking exclusively for foreign partners… sure, there are quite a lot transethics around, but that was so strange for me that i stopped using any online service.
on the other hand i got to say that i got quite a lot of friends here and they are all japanese. it was also not too difficult for me to find them. but that happened in real life and strange as it sounds, with people who are not interested in foreigners at all.
Hm, that's weird. A lot of people I've seen are looking for various people. I also haven't limited my search to Japanese or Asian people only, because I think that's just stupid.
Why I think JapanCupid is quite good, though, is that there certainly are people who're interested in Japanese or like travelling as much as I do.
Thank you for sharing your experiences. :) Worldfriends sounds interesting. I have to say I belong to those people who had bad experiences with dating sites. When I was single I've tried Parship (a dating site in Germany) and I've met the strangest guys there. At that time I was 30 years old and I was looking for people my age. And most of the men were too old, still living with their parents, had no car and some even had depressions.I know that depression is a serious illness and I feel sorry for people with depression. But I think that dating is really difficult when someone always calls you every ten minutes on the phone and asks if everything is alright. There were also many weirdos there with very strange interests. And last but not least most people who wrote me didn't share the same interests and they just wrote because they liked your photo. It was really frustrating. I think it depends on luck to find the right partner through a dating site. Or maybe it depends on the dating site. I don't know.
I think it's very hard sometimes because so many people will contact you who won't match "your requirements" at all.
I wouldn't give out my personal information such as phone number unless I'm quite sure that it's a person I might actually wanna date.
Stalker calls are annoying as hell! :( ….
No, you're right. It's all about luck. Not only on dating sites, but also in real life.
Hi guys. It's all well and good to examine the pros and cons of online dating sites, including experiences and advice from those who use Japancupid, etc. And I'd never criticise anyone for earning a few extra pennies as an affiliate. I do the same thing. It does concern me, however, that most of the above commenters may not be getting a realistic picture of what it truly is to become "involved" in a relationship – not cyber-pretend-land – with a Japanese partner, whether from the male or female perspective. Here's one aspect of it, for you: http://www.transformtofreedom.com/blogsex-in-japan/ But, then I do realize that you guys have posted well researched, objective, articles on this very topic. I must add, however, that any guy promoting gender-inequality, by using a site where everything is free for women, but where the guy has to "pay" just to be able to make contact, is a fool, and is promoting the very elements of a "divide-and-conquer" agenda that was put in place decades ago; http://www.transformtofreedom.com/feminist-movement-blog/ one that most people do not even know exists, possibly because they don't want the know. Regards, Elliot.
Wow, I tried the two sites mentioned, and never once did I get a like or anything cause for me I guess Guys are shallow no matter who they are or race whatever. Cause I am still a single woman and just turned 40 and I have never been married but like I said cause I am not rail thin, men won't and don't even give me a glance. And my daughter whom is in college tells me all the time mom your beautiful and great, cause you love to cook, clean and don't judge others. You are strong willed, but also have a great love for Japan. It makes me sad sometimes that people say they see beauty in me but, I am like well then why can't men see that.
So, yeah I gave up on the dating sites thing even the two mentioned cause I was just collecting dust I guess you can say. ;) But love your blogs thanks.
I don't think it's your age. I'm 35 now and I didn't have any difficulties on the mentioned websites.
What I can imagine is that maybe it's because you already have a child? Not saying that it's a bad thing, but you know how some people are, right? :( ….
And there's certainly a place for women who aren't super skinny. There are even some popular chubby Japanese talents out there.
And maybe it'll be easier for you once you're actually in Japan.
I haven't tried worldfriends yet, am still checking out friendsinjapan, but it is too early for me to make a conclusion.
There's also JapanPenfriends forums from Japan-guide, while it's main focus is on either language exchange or friendship, not romance and dating, many requests/adverts from Japanese looking for an penpal are legit, however you have to have patience with your contacts.
Finally I would like to mention Interpals.
It is a site mainly emphasizing penfriendships, e-mail partners and language exchange, it does include searchtypes for dating, romance and relationships. As 'Inter'pals is global, it is a good source to find friendships all over the world, from Bolivia to Kyrgyzstan, from Benin to Japan.
Through it, I've found many contacts from Japan, Korea, Taiwan, but also from my home country and neighbour countries who are interested in or are from Japan.
Don't use http://www.ohmyjapan.com. avoid it at all costs!
Thanks for the warning, Patrick.
Never heard of either of these to be honest.
Sorry, I have no idea why this is happening.
Have you tried a different e-mail address for registration already?
Yes i tried with other email id i have, but still again they deactivated after few minutes.
So i still trying to figure out what the error may be.


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Narrative Construction of Emotional Life
[Journal of Narrative and Life History 5:3] 1995
If a Self Is a Narrative: Social Constructionism in the Clinic
Gary Greenberg | Scotland, Connecticut
Abstract The articles in this special issue indicate that the self is best understood not as an empirical and transhistorical entity, but as a narrative, inextricable from its location in history and culture. This view has significant implications for psy-chotherapy. It suggests that therapy is a moral discourse, that its claim to authority is better understood as ideological than as scientific. But because it generally takes a reificationist stance on such matters as emotions, therapy is currently ill-equipped to take account of the self as a social construction and of itself as a moral practice. (Clinical Psychology)
Published online: 04 August 2015
https://doi.org/10.1075/jnlh.5.3.08sel
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"All firearms are a risk, but some are a much greater risk than others. It's absolutely not about banning guns – it's about banning that high-risk gun.
• E Category: effectively a fully military-style semi-automatic firearms.
"What this guy had was an A Category gun, and an A Category licence – he is effectively at the entry level of a gun licence. The vast majority of New Zealand's firearms are A Category.
"But by having no prosecutions he wasn't on the [police] radar, so he could buy a firearm and modify it to an E Category. He modified it very simply by changing the magazine from something that was less than seven bullets to anything up to 30 bullets – that is one of the most obvious holes in the law.
"If he had walked into the mosque with a [Category A] rifle with bolt action and had to reload each bullet you would have [far fewer] people dead. Because he walked in with a semi-automatic firearm, he has managed to kill 50 people.
"For the last 10 years, we have had the gun debate in New Zealand and focused on criminals – people who have sourced their guns from gangs and got them unlawfully. You're always going to have illegal guns. This is about a lawful gun owner who was licenced buying something off the shelf.
"When Australia or England has had these incidents, the government says because these guys are under the radar, the easiest way to deal with the problem is to take that firearm out of circulation. Australia acted after Port Arthur and removed the semi-automatics, and their murder rate by firearm has declined.
"The vast, overwhelming majority of gun owners are lawful citizens and they are about to lose something because of this one person. If they lose something it's essential that they get fair compensation – you must give them market compensation on what they're about to lose.
"In New Zealand and Australia and England gun ownership is a privilege, not a right, and you have to balance that privilege with the risk to the rest of the community.
"The scale of what happened in Christchurch is bigger than the atrocities that happened in Australia and England that led to their change. On top of that you've got a Labour-led administration which is quite progressive. If you're going to follow international best practice, I think [change] is likely. It would be a very brave politician to stand up and say 'these semi-automatic weapons are not a risk to the community'. You've got 50 dead New Zealanders and you cannot argue that these things are no risk to the community any more."
"There's no monopoly on hatred and anger, but we need to be particularly concerned about the far right at the moment, and that was part of the problem with the last attack. People weren't looking at the far right. You've got to look wider and deeper than we have been.
"There's a lot of debate on whether [the accused] should be charged under terrorism legislation or whether he should be charged under the Crimes Act for the simple act of murder - in many ways it's academic debate. The main thing is that he ends up in jail forever. To me it's important he's kept in a kind of isolation, he gets no notoriety, and he never sees the internet ever again.
"From having a national day of mourning to stricter gun control – the reaction from New Zealand is not just important to our domestic community, it's important internationally. The whole world is watching how we respond right now."


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Pathfinder #121
"The Ruins of Azlant Adventure Path begins with the adventurers standing on the deck of a ship... mehr
"The Ruins of Azlant Adventure Path begins with the adventurers standing on the deck of a ship ready to make landfall at their new home. However, dread settles in as they notice that the colony is empty and abandoned. Tasked with finding out what happened to the previous colonists, the adventurers go ashore and explore the deserted settlement. Uncovering strange evidence leads the adventurers across the island where they encounter two survivors that can give them clues as to what happened the rest of the first wave of colonists. Can the adventurers survive long enough to discover what truly happened? ""The Lost Outpost"" is a Pathfinder Roleplaying Game adventure for 1st-level characters. The adventure kicks off the Ruins of Azlant Adventure Path, an exciting voyage to an unknown land. Several new monsters, details on the other colonists, and an ecology of the aboleth and its kin round out this volume of the Pathfinder Adventure Path! Each monthly full-color softcover Pathfinder Adventure Path volume contains an in-depth adventure scenario, stats for several new monsters, and support articles meant to give Game Masters additional material to expand their campaign. Pathfinder Adventure Path volumes use the Open Game License and work with both the Pathfinder RPG and the world's oldest fantasy RPG.
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package org.jboss.weld.module.web.context.beanstore.http;

import static java.util.Collections.emptyIterator;
import static org.jboss.weld.util.reflection.Reflections.cast;

import java.util.Iterator;

import javax.servlet.http.HttpSession;

import org.jboss.weld.context.api.ContextualInstance;
import org.jboss.weld.contexts.beanstore.AttributeBeanStore;
import org.jboss.weld.contexts.beanstore.LockStore;
import org.jboss.weld.contexts.beanstore.NamingScheme;
import org.jboss.weld.logging.ContextLogger;
import org.jboss.weld.serialization.spi.BeanIdentifier;
import org.jboss.weld.util.collections.EnumerationIterator;

/**
 * Base class providing an HttpSession backed, bound bean store.
 *
 * @author Pete Muir
 * @author David Allen
 * @author Nicklas Karlsson
 * @see LazySessionBeanStore
 * @see EagerSessionBeanStore
 */
public abstract class AbstractSessionBeanStore extends AttributeBeanStore {

    private static final String SESSION_KEY = "org.jboss.weld.context.beanstore.http.LockStore";

    private transient volatile LockStore lockStore;

    private static final ThreadLocal<LockStore> CURRENT_LOCK_STORE = new ThreadLocal<LockStore>();

    protected abstract HttpSession getSession(boolean create);

    /**
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     * @param namingScheme
     * @param attributeLazyFetchingEnabled
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    public AbstractSessionBeanStore(NamingScheme namingScheme, boolean attributeLazyFetchingEnabled) {
        super(namingScheme, attributeLazyFetchingEnabled);
    }

    protected Iterator<String> getAttributeNames() {
        HttpSession session = getSession(false);
        if (session == null) {
            return emptyIterator();
        } else {
            return new EnumerationIterator<String>(session.getAttributeNames());
        }
    }

    @Override
    protected void removeAttribute(String key) {
        HttpSession session = getSession(false);
        if (session != null) {
            session.removeAttribute(key);
            ContextLogger.LOG.removedKeyFromSession(key, this.getSession(false).getId());
        } else {
            ContextLogger.LOG.unableToRemoveKeyFromSession(key);
        }
    }

    @Override
    protected void setAttribute(String key, Object instance) {
        HttpSession session = getSession(true);
        if (session != null) {
            session.setAttribute(key, instance);
            ContextLogger.LOG.addedKeyToSession(key, this.getSession(false).getId());
        } else {
            ContextLogger.LOG.unableToAddKeyToSession(key);
        }
    }

    @Override
    public <T> ContextualInstance<T> get(BeanIdentifier id) {
        ContextualInstance<T> instance = super.get(id);
        if (instance == null && isAttached()) {
            String prefixedId = getNamingScheme().prefix(id);
            instance = cast(getAttribute(prefixedId));
        }
        return instance;
    }

    @Override
    protected Object getAttribute(String prefixedId) {
        HttpSession session = getSession(false);
        if (session != null) {
            return session.getAttribute(prefixedId);
        }
        return null;
    }

    @Override
    protected LockStore getLockStore() {
        LockStore lockStore = this.lockStore;
        if (lockStore == null) {
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            //where we would otherwise enter an infinite loop
            lockStore = CURRENT_LOCK_STORE.get();
            if(lockStore != null) {
                return lockStore;
            }
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            if(session == null) {
                lockStore = new LockStore();
                CURRENT_LOCK_STORE.set(lockStore);
                try {
                session = getSession(true);
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                    CURRENT_LOCK_STORE.remove();
                }
            }
            lockStore = (LockStore) session.getAttribute(SESSION_KEY);
            if (lockStore == null) {
                //we don't really have anything we can lock on
                //so we just acquire a big global lock
                //this should only be taken on session creation though
                //so should not be a problem
                synchronized (AbstractSessionBeanStore.class) {
                    lockStore = (LockStore) session.getAttribute(SESSION_KEY);
                    if (lockStore == null) {
                        lockStore = new LockStore();
                        session.setAttribute(SESSION_KEY, lockStore);
                    }
                }
            }
            this.lockStore = lockStore;
        }
        return lockStore;
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}

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Plant reproduction occurs when pollen is transferred from the male portion of a plant to the female portion of a plant. The male part of the plant is called the stamen and it is in the stamen that pollen originates. Bees get their nourishment from the nectar of plants. When a bee or other pollinating insect (or primate!), feeds on the nectar of a plant, some of the pollen gets stuck to tiny hairs on the bee's body and the bee carries it to the next plant from which the bee will feed. When the bee lands on the second plant the pollen from the first plant is transferred to the carpel, which is the female part of the plant. Pollination produces fruit, and fruits produce the seeds that will produce more plants.
Neotropical rainforests host over 70% of the Earth's species and they are considered to be the world's most diverse ecosystem. The Amazon is a Neotropical rainforest, and humans depend on the plants in the Amazon for foods such as cacao, papaya and cashews. Twenty percent of the world's oxygen comes from trees that grow in this rainforest and many medicines are made from plants that grow here. Without bees in the ecosystem the majority of these plants will become extinct. In order to stop this from happening some companies have started awareness campaigns.
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Like Hannibal from the 'A' Team, Inspire Web Development loves it when a plan comes together.
And that's just what happened when two of our specialities came together on the Park Practice website project earlier this year: creating tailored sites for dental professionals and making the most of our clients' existing web presence as part of our Developer SOS service.
We met some of the staff from Glasgow's Park Practice at the Scottish Dental Show at Hampden in May 2013, when we were showing off the great websites we've created for dental practices across Scotland. They told us that their own site needed a bit of a 'facelift' – quite appropriate for a business that also carries out minor cosmetic treatments. They also told us that parts of their existing site were difficult to use – so they didn't use them. In particular, their Joomla website CMS – or customer management system – was quite cumbersome. Even worse, the version of Joomla the site used was very old and vulnerable. As a result, the Park Practice didn't feel they were getting full value from their online presence as it didn't accurately reflect what they were currently up to.
So, we sunk our teeth into the job. First, we tackled the hard part by redesigning the 'back end' of the Park Practice website to make it secure and easy to use. We then integrated a custom-built Inspire CMS into the front end of the website. Our CMS is designed specifically to be easy to use, because if it is easy to use, clients will be more inclined to use it. If they're more inclined to use it, then they're more likely to get value from it. More value = a better ROI for our customers = big smiles all round.
With the back end complete, we tackled the home page. The key messages and content were still accurate, but not well laid out. We applied the Lean ERIC approach (Eliminate; Reduce; Improve; Create) to create space for an improved layout. We then illustrated the range of services on offer and key messages with bright, attractive images. We also included a quotation from one of Park Practice dentists, to set the tone of the site and build trust. The 'calls to action' (which you'll remember from an earlier blog) are also now very prominent, making it easy for new and existing clients to make an appointment or get a call back. The end result was a much improved website, and some very happy dentists.
So if your current dental practice website sets your teeth on edge, bite the bullet and contact Inspire. We'll fight tooth (and nail) to create a website that does exactly what you need it to do – and you can be guaranteed that as experienced web professionals, we'll never bite off more than we can chew!
David Dwyer is Managing Director of Inspire Web Development. He has years of experience in a range of web and IT roles plus seven years in sales and marketing in a blue-chip FMCG company. David's academic and professional qualifications include a BA (Hons) in Business Economics (Personnel & Ergonomics) from the University of Paisley, an MSc in Information Technology (Systems) from Heriot- Computer Society. He is also active within BNI Fair City (Perth), Business for Scotland and the Entrepreneurial Exchange.


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Robert Jamieson (1802–1880) was a minister of the Church of Scotland and religious author, who served as Moderator of the General Assembly in 1872.

Life
He was born on 3 January 1802 the son of Robert Jamieson, a baker in Edinburgh. He was educated nearby at Edinburgh High School then studied at Edinburgh University. He was licensed to preach by the Presbytery of Biggar in February 1827.

He was ordained as minister of Westruther in the Scottish Borders in April 1830. In December 1837 he translated to Currie just south of Edinburgh in place of John Somerville. In March 1844 he translated to St John's Church in Glasgow in place of John Forbes who left in the Disruption of 1843. In April 1848 he was awarded an honorary Doctor of Divinity from Glasgow University.

In 1872 he succeeded Robert Horne Stevenson as Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland the highest position in the Scottish Church. He was succeeded in turn by Robert Gillan.

He died at 156 Randolph Terrace on 26 October 1880. He is buried in Sighthill Cemetery in Glasgow.

Family
In June 1830 he married his cousin Eliza Jamieson (d.1890), daughter of George Jamieson also a baker. Their children included:

Jane Hunter Jamieson (1831-1902) author of "History of a Pound Note"
Robert Walter Mackenzie Jamieson (1833-1845)
Mary Ann Ewart Jamieson (1835-1915)
Rev Dr George Thomas Jamieson (b.1838) minister of Portobello, Edinburgh
Agnes Helen Jamieson (1840-1899)
William Andrew Jamieson (b.1842) a merchant in Glasgow
David Hunter Jamieson and his twin John (died young)
Eliza died in infancy
Robert Jamieson (1851-1891) died in Canada

Publications

Eastern Manners 3 vols. (1836-1838)
Manners and Trials of the Primitive Christians (1839)
The Inspiration of the Holy Scriptures (1873)
Multiple contributions to John Kitto's "Bible Cyclopaedia"
Editor of "The Excitement" (1840/41)
Contributor to Paxton's "Illustrations of Scriptures"
Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (with A R Faussett and Rev Dr David Brown) 6 vols 1864-74
Account of Currie Parish (1845)
Account of Westruther Parish (1845)

References

1802 births
1880 deaths
Clergy from Edinburgh
Moderators of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland
Alumni of the University of Edinburgh

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