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Japanese Women Loves USA Men

10 Oct

In September 2005, A Japanese internet-based research company, DIMSDRIVE, performed a survey involving 5274 Japanese people (of which 2806 people are women) to find out which country’s citizens beside Japan would people most want to marry. Below is the survey result:

Rank Male
N=2,468		 Votes Rank Female
N=2,806		 Votes
1 USA 368 1 USA 776
2 Korea 297 2 UK 347
3 China 174 3 Italy 278
4 France 134 4 France 210
5 Russia 117 5 Korea 208
6 Thailand 99 6 Australia 145
7 UK 95 7 Germany 131
8 Italy 92 8 Canada 99
9= Taiwan 73 9 Switzerland 47
9= Australia 73 10 Spain 34

Visit 世論What Japan Thinks for details!

 
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Misattribution of Arousal

13 Sep

Misattribution of arousal, or termed つり橋効果 (read: tsuribashi kouka) is a popular term in Japan used mostly by the youngsters. It describes a process where people falsely assume the feeling of anxiety caused by a thrilling event (i.e. a short bout of fear) as a feeling of affection towards a person. Here you can see the description of it on Wikipedia.

The thrilling events can be anything, i.e. the adrenaline rush when riding roller coasters or the excitement after doing sports. Another common usage of the term is when describing the feeling of anxiety when going to a haunted house in amusement parks. According to the theory, the thrill that a couple experience inside will result in the girl being attracted to the guy or vice versa.

Below is a video of a Fuji TV broadcaster, Midori Matsuo, doing an experiment in Fuji-Q haunted house which is reputedly the scariest haunted house in Japan (they only give you a tiny flashlight to complete the 900m course which takes you an hour to finish). The wacky experiment involves her going inside the haunted house with a guy she has never met before to see whether she would fall for the guy in the end of the course.

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