No problems here... They say that my wife can do whatever or marry whomever she wants. I stayed with them for 3 months this past summer and didn't have any problems at all.

Hmmm I find it to be just the opposite.. I thought it was naturally assumed that if you are dating someone in Japan that you are screwing around.

I was imagining something like the parents being ashamed of their daughters or something lol. This is good.

I dated a Japanese girl for a year who never told her parents we were dating.  Apparently she had dated a foreigner before, and they weren't okay with it because they were afraid she'd move away from Japan forever.

Now I'm kinda seeing a girl whose parents are the opposite--they want her to marry and live abroad so they can visit often!

Yeah I guess the money thing is the same as any Western country but often more so. It's kind of understandable though considering the gap in wages between men and women in Japan, which means the pressure is always going to be more on the man to be the main bread-winner.

My girlfriend's mother knew we were dating from quite early on but they didn't tell her father until after a year. They didn't think he'd react too well, but in the end he's been completely fine with it. I think he just likes having someone around to the house to drink with (the first time we met was actually accidently at a bar through a mutual friend; it's a small town).

I`ve been with my girlfriend for almost three years now and her parents dont even know about me. Her dad is pretty old so it might put him in the ground if he found out.