Destina Japan Modernizes the Ancient Art of Matchmaking for Western Men and Japanese Women (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Destina Japan, a highly successful international introductions agency, is riding high in the wake of the rise in popularity of specialized matchmaking services and the sharp increase in the number of successful single men from the United States looking to Japan to find an eligible mate.
Woman flies 6,000 miles for blind date (The Scotsman)
A JAPANESE woman will have travelled almost 6,000 miles when she arrives in the UK today for dates with eligible bachelors she has never seen before.
Laila and Layla: Risk and Glory (East Side Boxing)
13.02.05 - By Bernie McCoy : A seventeenth century French dramatist, Pierre Corneille, no boxing fan he, once said "When there is no peril in the fight, there is no glory in the triumph."
6,000 miles for a blind date (Evening Standard)
A Japanese woman is preparing to travel almost 6,000 miles to London for dates with eligible bachelors she has never seen before. Reiko Suzuki, 38, from Tokyo is the first member of a unique dating agency to make the trip since it opened an office in London last November.
Religion calendar (San Jose Mercury News)
Morning Prayer. Hosted by the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur at 9:30 a.m. today at Notre Dame Province Center, 1520 Ralston Ave., Belmont. (650) 593-2045 ex. 277.
No sex please, we're Japanese (Sydney Morning Herald)
Bonus season has a double meaning for at least one frustrated Japanese salaryman. He gets lucky at the office and, when he delivers the cheque, a little spark is put back into his otherwise sexless marriage.
All's fair in love hotels and war (Mainichi Daily News)
The scene of one of Japan's most historically significant battles is currently the center of another bitter fight as local residents wage war to stave off plans to build a posh love hotel there, according to Shukan Shincho (2/17) .
A nation where marriage beds have gone cold (The Age)
Bonus season has a double meaning for at least one frustrated Japanese salary man. He gets lucky at the office and when he delivers the cheque, a little spark is put back into his otherwise sexless marriage.
An exercise in exercise (Arizona Daily Wildcat)
College students are rarely afforded a better opportunity to look ridiculous than when they are all simultaneously attempting to impress and attract one another in a small, enclosed space.
Nipponese nubiles (Mainichi Daily News)
Nipples are nipping into a niche in Nippon, according to Shukan Post (2/4) . Nipple Enhancers have suddenly become the hottest "breast improvement" must-have among Japanese women.
