Chapter 627: Men and Women

The food and beer were brought back and forth several times by one of the clerks of the Korean fried chicken restaurant, one after another, to Masayoshi Kishimoto and Nao Fujie’s table.

Nao Fujie raised her beer glass right toward Masayoshi Kishimoto and said with a smile, “Cheers.”

Masayoshi Kishimoto similarly raised his beer glass and clinked it with her, saying with a smile, “Cheers.”

The two of them tilted their heads and drank in tacit agreement. In the cultural interaction between Japanese men and women, if a man and woman were to drink alone like this, it would mean that there was more or less sexual innuendo.

If it’s a guy chasing after a girl, in all likelihood, it means that the girl wants to become boyfriend and girlfriend and fall in love with him. If it’s a different kind of relationship, it carries the implication that the woman can sleep with the other person.

So the BBC documentary “Shame of Japan” and the book “Black Box” by the victim herself, Shiori Ito, although they talk about the dark side of the society, they intentionally avoid the unspoken rules of the Japanese society that a Japanese woman should know.

Shiori Ito’s claim that she was raped has been met with skepticism, and it’s not unreasonable to say that she used her sexuality to get a good job in a transfer program.

Just because she revealed that she was raped by Keiyuki Yamaguchi does not mean that she is completely innocent. In any case, as a Japanese woman, she wouldn’t be ignorant of what it means for a man and a woman to drink alone together.

Just because it’s unfair to women doesn’t mean it’s unreasonable. Japan is a male-dominated society, and it stands to reason that men would enjoy more privileges.

The many privileges enjoyed by Japanese men are not distortions of the “Chinese garden dog” type, but rather, they also shoulder their responsibilities.

Fujie Nao put down her beer glass and sighed, “It’s so refreshing. It’s been a long time since I’ve had such a good drink.”

Masayoshi Kishimoto held the beer glass in his right hand and said, “Not so much!”

Fujie Naoe’s body leaned forward slightly towards her and said, “I can’t believe you don’t believe me. Although I drink almost every day, and the alcohol I drink is indeed much more advanced and expensive than the beer we’re drinking now, it’s really not as enjoyable as drinking alone with you tonight.

As far as I can remember, we’ve been on separate dates before, and they’ve been sitting around eating ramen. It’s the first time we’ve been on a drinking date alone together like this.”

Masayoshi Kishimoto slowly put his beer glass down and said, “That’s right. It’s not hard to be rich for a while, it’s hard to be rich for a lifetime. Otherwise, it becomes money earned by luck and exported by strength.”

“I have no doubt that you will be rich for the rest of your life, and still get richer.” Fujie Naoe guffawed.

“Why do you women all like to take things for granted? A man doesn’t have to be rich to be masculine.” Masayoshi Kishimoto said bluntly.

“Because you’re not a woman, you won’t truly understand the many difficulties of women being in the middle of society. Especially those disadvantaged women.” Fujie Naoe laughed with the palm of her right hand in front of her mouth, “It’s even better when a man has money and a good body.”

As Masayoshi Kishimoto looked at her, he couldn’t help but be reminded of a Korean feminist novel titled “Kim Ji-Young Born in ’82”, which was later made into a movie of the same name.

It was said that the women were all in tears and empathetic, while as a man, he had a hard time watching it and only felt that the women were too pretentious.

The feminist novel and movie called “Kim Ji-young, Born in ’82” has served to severely fragment Korean society in later times. Not only Korean men but also some Korean women cursed it in various ways.

So, in addition to a collective boycott, Korean men came up with a rip-off of “Park Jung Tae, Born in ’82” or some such contretemps.

Complaining about how difficult it is for men to not only serve in the military, but also shoulder the financial burden of a family.

If a man doesn’t have a house, a woman won’t marry. Even if you buy a house, you still have to bear the pressure of mortgage repayment for 20 or 30 years. This all falls on the man’s body again.

And women dating, if you take the initiative to put forward the AA system, will inevitably be the woman all kinds of dislike, recognized as petty, useless, no commitment, simply not a man ……

In a number of ways, Korean women and Chinese women are really too much alike. Even if the same is deeply influenced by Confucianism, Japanese women really have to and Chinese women, Korean women have not a small difference.

When Japanese men and women date together, AA is normal. Of course, if a Japanese man takes the initiative to bear all the costs of the date, it will naturally win a lot of favor and points from women.

Even if a man takes the initiative to propose AA, Japanese women won’t think anything of it. That’s why Japanese women’s reputation for gentleness and kindness has spread far and wide overseas.

In fact, even if a Japanese woman accepts AA on a date between a man and a woman, it doesn’t mean that she is virtuous. The majority of Japanese women still insist on a man’s annual income and specific job.

The majority of Japanese women still insist on a man’s annual income and specific job. They want a man who earns at least 4 million yen a year, and a man who is a full-time employee of a major corporation or a civil servant in a government department.

In Tokyo, the average Japanese man in his twenties and thirties earns 210,000 yen a month before taxes, and just over 190,000 yen after taxes.

Even if you add two half-year bonuses, which are usually 2 or 3 months of basic salary, it is still not more than 3 million yen.

What is the real concept of 4 million yen in Japan? An ordinary Japanese man in the company does not close down, not bankruptcy, efficiency is okay, the implementation of the annual merit system, work until the age of 40 or 50 years old, it is about the same.

The Japanese men in their forties and fifties who can get 6 million yen are usually the regular employees of some big handful of companies or government servants.

AKB48’s chief supervisor, Takahashi Minami, also once officially said that her requirements for her significant other were to be under forty years old, and that an annual income of eight million yen or more would be sufficient.

She was in her mid-twenties herself when she said that. At first glance, it doesn’t seem like much. In fact, an annual income of 8 or 10 million yen is the watershed that separates the ordinary people from the elite in Japanese society.

In later times, people earning millions of RMB per year are really “too many” in Chinese society. In contrast, the overall income of Chinese people is much less than that of Japanese people.

Even with the exchange rate, one million RMB corresponds to about 16 million yen. In Tokyo, Japan, people who can get this annual income are not ordinary people.

The main character in “Tokyo Men’s Illustrated Guide”, Japan’s first-class trading company company, the thirty or forty year old elite old employee only got the annual income of 12 million yen, has become the object of many women’s eyes.