We're the rare blog that actually talks about economics, online and offline dating as well as culture. Obviously, we're known for our short blog posts about Date International which is a professional international in-person INTRODUCTIONS dating service.
Because this is our schtick obviously we do a lot of traveling and learning about different culture. For western men, used to a WELFARE STATE, which for the most part benefits women, who can then decide to become obese, annoying, and tyrannical because there are little to no economic consequences to their actions (men are significantly more likely to experience homelessness than women, making up roughly 60% to 70%).
In western society typically if a woman is homeless it's by choice, because some women like most men REFUSE to go on government welfare. On the flipside, most women in the west would gladly not only go on welfare but also imagine a socialist culture where nobody has to work.
Obviously if you understand economics, you know that goofy socialist policies lead to ruin, but if you're for example living in America, during the period where there still is a somewhat free market operating in the background, you'd obviously notice as an American that as more socialist-welfare policies are enacted the more poorer those regions of the United States for example get.
Well, in Japan, as well as most Asian countries, there is no welfare state, so women, namely single women, have to find work if they want to survive, and historical sex work is the main game in town for women, and it's considered minimum wage job for men.
People typically do no watch porn for the men (No Leverage)
What's the benefit of being a porn star? The answer is obvious, sex with attractive women, after that, the only benefit to working in the sex trades would be money. I mean let's be honest here, if you're a man, you need money, because if you have no money in this world you have no leverage.
In any form of entertainment, you need a BRAND NAME. Tom Cruise that's a BRAND that demands a certain amount of money, but if you're some rando guy in the background of a porno, you're a nobody to the audience, even if you're in short supply, because the perception by all men watching adult entertainment is that "I can replace him, if I wanted to" which isn't necessarily true, but it's the perception.
Japan's adult industry is not facing an overall shortage of female sex workers, but rather a severe and widely publicized shortage of male performers in the adult video (AV) industry, alongside rising domestic and international economic pressures affecting the sex trade.
The Male Performer Shortage in Adult Entertainment Industry veterans, such as actor Ken Shimizu, have highlighted a stark statistical imbalance, noting only around 70 active male performers to support an estimated 10,000 female actors.
High production demands (thousands of new videos released monthly) heavily outweigh the pool of available men. Key factors driving the male talent shortage include heavy social stigma, demanding physical and health requirements, low relative pay, and broader cultural shifts like younger generations avoiding traditional physical or sexual markets.
Studios have increasingly looked overseas to recruit male talent to bridge the gap. Broader Economic Pressures and Trends in Japan's Sex Trade. While male talent is scarce in media production, the broader commercial sex sector has experienced shifts due to economic strain and a weak yen.
An increase in inbound tourism and foreign clients has driven localized expansions in entertainment districts like Tokyo’s Kabukicho and Osaka. Conversely, economic pressures have also led to more young Japanese women engaging in domestic sex work or traveling abroad (to countries like Australia and North America) on short-term stints to earn money, sometimes to pay off debts tied to host clubs.
So this is why when we write about Date International being for mature men, this is what we're referring too. First you get the money, then you get the power, then you get the women. Why does that old guy only date attractive younger women? In your mind, you might be saying he's chasing them, not necessarily, they're often chasing him, and he's merely opting for the best women he can find.
Date International is not like "passport bros" where the perception is men are looking for attractive prostitutes to have sex with. No, Date International is the real world, most of the women using Date International have careers in their how countries, you get to basically bypass the whole "I need money for school, I need money for rent" third world women you'll find online.
Date International is IMBRA compliant, and for the most part Date International is a legal roadmap to dating internationally the correct way. Because when your eyes are opened to the real world, you can't unsee it.