This article analyzes the patterns and trends of intermarriages between Filipino women and Japanese men from the 1980s to the present. It presents the factors explaining the increase in such marriages and examines the characteristics of Japanese men married to Filipino women. The narratives of Filipina-Japanese couples are situated in the larger contexts of the family, community and society. In attempting to create a dynamic family model, these intermarriages reveal possibilities for new gender and cross-cultural relations.
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