2013/03/23Hitoshi SHIMIZU

Marriage

Why I chose this topicI’d like to introduce Japanese weddingsI’d like to introduce my wedding

Japanese WeddingsPre-Wedding

Arranged Marriages to Marriage huntingBetrothal money / gift : 30% couples

Wedding ceremonyin Christian churches : 64%in Shinto shrines : 17%

Honeymoons ranking1.Hawaii2.Australia3.Italy

My weddingMarried in 2009Ikuta shrine in Kobe

Same as a famous comedian-actress coupleMy wife : the same junior high school

Samba showHoneymoon : Egypt

My familyMy wife : YumiMy son : Haruto (Born in 2011)

Social issue about marriageDelayed marriageReduced birth rate3 generation families to Nuclear families

Average age of first marriages in Japan

Topics about marriageStay-at-home mom to Double income

International marriage : 5.8% of 714,265 couples in 2005Husband = Japanese : 33,116 couplesWife = Japanese : 8,365 couples

year SAHM Re-employment both

1987 37% 37% 10%

1992 30% 44% 11%

1997 20% 43% 18%

2002 18% 47% 19%

2005 12% 38% 28%

Men’s hope about his partner’s job in 2005