Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Marriage in Japan" in English language version.
For example, in Japan in 2012, 86 percent of marriages were between a Japanese and a spouse from the USA were between a Japanese woman and an American man. This pattern of gendered Japanese-Western partnering, shown in the tables below, reflects a now-substantial body of research that has explored Japanese women's desire for the West, Western men, and English language learning (see, for example, Bailey 2006, 2007; Kelsky 2001; Ma 1996; Piller & Takashi 2006; Takashi 2013).
