![]() What TMA is not...TMA is not an online dating site where members log in and send each other messages. TMA is not a dating or escort service where contacts with women can be made on short notice. TMA is not a site where just any man can purchase the contact information of any woman who interests him. The woman must see the man's profile and authorize release of her contact information to him before he can receive it. Web Profile PostingNo man's profile will appear on the TMA website without permission from the man. TMA is a postal mail & email based matchmaking system. We distribute your profile discreetly by postal mail and by email (as a PDF file) so it's not necessary for your profile to appear on the TMA website. Success Story“Dear TMA, First I'd like to say thank you because thanks to TMA, I found love. Very quickly. I'll get married in March. I am very happy because it was my dream. With our busy life, it is difficult to find love -- Thank you for your help! I am writing this letter because I'd like to cancel my registration. I don't need to be registered anymore. Also, your women clients don't need to get my profile. Thank you very much. I found the princess I was looking for. I thought it was difficult to find ideal partner. I'll recommend your service to people I know. Thank you!” Pierre, Japan How to joinTo become a TMA client is simple. Just follow the simple steps summarized on the Registration Checklist. As soon as your payment is confirmed, TMA will make your profile and send you a letter explaining in greater detail how to use our system, as well as any Free Bonus Offers you requested. Then, we'll begin distributing your profile to our women clients, and you'll begin receiving a new set of women's profiles every month. Who May Join?You must be at least 18 years of age and NOT MARRIED to use this service. Men of any nationality may join TMA, but experience indicates that, for economic and cultural reasons, Japanese women are most interested in men from economically advanced Western countries like the United States, Canada, Western Europe, Australia and New Zealand. Men from other countries may of course join, but they should be aware that their chances of success may be lower. TMA welcomes men of all races and nationalities, and has succeeded in finding matches for large numbers of them over the years. Many Other ProfilesThere are many other Japanese women TMA clients whose profiles are not on the TMA site. To receive their profiles by mail or by email, click here!
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Our Pledge to Honesty
We cannot guarantee success, but we can promise to deal with you
honestly. Your success depends entirely on how attractive the
women find you. You may not be attracted to some of the women
whose profiles you receive, but among those you do find
attractive may be the girl of your dreams, and she
will make the whole effort well worth your whileWeb Profile Posting
No man's profile will appear on the TMA website without permission from the man. TMA is a postal mail & email based matchmaking system. We distribute your profile discreetly by postal mail and by email (as a PDF file) so it's not necessary for your profile to appear on the TMA website.
How many men and women clients do you have?TMA currently has about 1,800 men clients and 1,800 women clients. In order to maximize the chances of success for both our men and women clients, we make sure that the ratio of men to women clients never falls seriously out of balance. We do this by adjusting the amount of advertising directed at men or women. Back to TopWhat are my chances of marrying a Japanese woman?Your chances of marrying a Japanese woman depend on how attractive the women find you and the life you can offer them. For this reason, we suggest you send a good photo of yourself and do a careful job filling out your profile form. Please try to avoid photos that make you look intimidating, unfriendly, angry, goofy, depressed, or undignified. (See our Guidelines for Effective Profile Writing and Photo Submission for some important tips that may help improve your chances.) Back to TopWomen have always considered me below average in attractiveness. Do I have a chance to succeed?Yes. TMA has seen many instances of men who were "below average" who succeeded in spite of initial low expectations. Physical attractiveness is only one thing the women look at. They'll also look at all the information on your profile as well as your personality. Once you've contacted a woman, it's up to you to convince her you're a good man she should consider marrying. Back to TopHow long will it take for me to meet a lady?This varies greatly from client to client. Sometimes the initial contacts take place very quickly. At other times, it takes a moderate or longer time to make a contact. It depends, again, on how attractive the women find you, but is also greatly affected by the way in which you approach them, as well as your requirements for the women. If you are too demanding, it'll often take longer to start a serious relationship, so we suggest you request to contact as many women as possible in order to maximize your chances of contacting them as quickly as possible. Back to TopDo you offer a money-back guarantee?We guarantee to provide the profile mailing and request services described in our brochure and on our website, but we cannot guarantee that you'll succeed in finding a marriage partner. Success at that depends on many factors beyond our control. For example, it depends on how attractive the women find you and on your ability to form a relationship that will lead to marriage. It also depends on how demanding you are insofar as the characteristics and age of the woman are concerned. Since TMA has no control over those things, we are unable to offer a money-back guarantee. Back to TopDo you charge a "success fee" in the event I succeed in marrying a woman?No. Unlike many marriage agencies which tack on a large additional fee if you succeed, TMA charges nothing extra. This means you don't even have to inform us of your success (and many clients don't) and it also means that there'll be no "post-success" conflicts over money between TMA and our clients. However, if you do succeed, we'd certainly appreciate it if you'd recommend us to others. Back to TopIt seems you only have about 180 ladies on your site. Is that all you have?Not at all. There are many other TMA women clients whose profiles
don't appear on our site. The profiles you see on our site are just
a small sampling of our women clients. Over 90% of TMA clients
prefer NOT to have their profiles publicly posted. The women whose Back to TopI live outside Japan. Will the ladies come to see me? How will we meet?Yes, they'll come to see you, in most instances. The Japanese women clients who join TMA are specifically interested in meeting and marrying men from overseas. In this way, they aren't typical Japanese women. Many of them travel overseas frequently for vacation and business purposes. They use TMA to make contacts with men who they look forward to meeting while overseas. This doesn't mean, necessarily, that they'll agree to settle overseas. About half of them want to live overseas, and the other half want you to come and live in Japan with them. If your ideas on this conflict, you may be able to convince her to see it your way, or she may be able to convince you to see it her way. Failing that, you'll have to give up the relationship and look for someone else. Back to TopDo you arrange meetings with the Japanese women?No, we don't. It's up to you and your potential marriage partner to agree on the time and place to meet. In order to keep our fees low, TMA doesn't get involved in the details of how and when our men and women clients meet. Back to TopI'm visiting Japan in one month. Can you help me meet some ladies while I'm there?We may very well be able to do that, provided your profile and photo(s) are interesting to our lady clients. (So, we advise you to read our guidelines here.) If your profile is well done, and if you give us one month's notice, we'll email an announcement to hundreds of our women clients announcing when and where you'll be in Japan. The response you get depends on how attractive the women find you. TMA has had great success with this method and you also may benefit from it, if you'll take the time to create a well-written profile with up to 3 photos on it.
As for where to meet a lady once you're in Japan, offer to take her to a cafe or restaurant of her choice. Back to TopI know there are lots of websites out there that have scammers. What do you do to make sure that these women are for real?TMA has never had a single fake woman in all our years of operating since 1994. Our women clients pay significant fees which no scammer would dare part with. TMA's registration materials for women are all in Japanese -- imagine the difficulties this creates for scammers, almost all of whom are from outside Japan. Our women clients also submit detailed information about themselves and sign a contract affirming its truthfulness. We have photos of all our women clients, and we are in frequent contact with them by email, phone, postal mail, and on the web. We have their home addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, and dates of birth. Japanese women are not poor. The Japanese as a whole are very honest people. They aren't like the many scammers from Russia and various poor countries. The economic and social conditions that exist in those countries simply are not present in Japan. Our Japanese women join for one reason -- to find a marriage partner. They are not economic basket cases desperate for a Sugar Daddy. There is virtually no possibility that any of our women clients would ever try to scam you. Back to TopWill you help with travel arrangements?
Back to TopWill you help with visa arrangements?TMA does not get involved in matters related to visas. However, we can recommend some websites which might be of use to you in that respect. Back to TopOnce I meet a lady and we like each other, how long will it take for us to actually get married?This depends entirely on you and the lady. However, we'd recommend that you take your time. It's important that you really get to know the woman before committing to marriage. Back to TopWhy is there such a wide range in the guaranteed minimum number of profiles men receive for each membership type?There's a wide range for three reasons: Back to TopI'm only 20. Are any of your ladies only interested in dating?If you are only 20, you are in the very lowest age group of TMA's men clients. As such, the number of women clients we have who are around your age is not so large. you'll need to consider women in their mid to upper 20s in order to have a large number to select from. As for dating, yes, our Japanese women clients who are in their 20s are, for the most part, happy to date for a long period before getting married. Back to TopHow good is the English of these ladies?TMA's Japanese women clients can generally communicate reasonably well in English. English is widely studied in Japan and is the most common second language, by far, of Japanese people. A large number of our women clients speak very good English. However, a small percentage of our women clients speak little or no English. With those, you'll either need some knowledge of Japanese, or you can use translation software until one or both of you becomes reasonably competent in the other's language. Back to TopI'm over 50. What are my chances of meeting and marrying a Japanese woman?Your chances of success depend on how attractive the women find you and the life you can offer them. But, there are other factors involved — age is only one factor. Naturally, the older you are, the more difficult it becomes, but it never becomes impossible, especially if you keep your expectations realistic and are willing to consider women who are a bit older than you might consider ideal. Back to TopI'm over 50, but only want ladies in their 20s and 30s. What are my chances?TMA's Japanese women clients are not "mail order brides." Japan
is one of the world's most economically advanced countries, so our
women clients are not economic refugees such as you might find in
the countries of the former Soviet Union or in such underdeveloped
countries like Thailand or the Philippines. Japan itself is a very
safe country with a high standard of living, so our Japanese women
clients aren't seeking marriage simply to escape Japan and get a
visa to enter the U.S. or some other country. They seek Back to TopWhat percentage of the ladies wish to remain living in Japan?This is always difficult for us to quantify, but based on anecdotal evidence and our intuitive understanding of our women clients, we estimate that about 50% of them want to stay in Japan, and about 50% of them want to live overseas, almost always in an advanced Western country like the U.S.A., Canada, Western Europe, Australia, or New Zealand. They may consider other countries, but that would be unusual. Back to TopWhat percentage of the ladies would like to live in USA? Europe? Australia?We think that about 50% of them would be willing to move overseas and live in a Western country. Of those, the plurality would end up living in the U.S.A., but many also go to Canada, Western Europe, Australia, New Zealand, and, in rare cases, other countries. As for whether or not you can persuade her to come and live in your country, that depends on you, Romeo. Back to TopI'm looking for a beautiful Japanese bride and have visited many sites. When I saw the price you are asking I was quite surprised. It is very very high compared to all the other sites. Can you please tell me why your site is so much better than any other site to justify the higher cost?Our prices are very low for a marriage agency. Our prices are
particularly low for men. We even offer a free membership to
qualified men applicants. Please do not confuse TMA with online dating sites. Our women clients are seriously interested in marriage. Dating sites that cost about $5 per month to join are completely inferior to our service if it's marriage partner you're looking for.
Back to TopWhy doesn't TMA send me ALL the profiles in my preferred age range instead of sending them in smaller monthly profile sets?Do you think YOUR profile will be more likely to be noticed by our women clients if we send it together with 900 other men's profiles, or if we send it together with 30 other men's profiles? Of course, you have a much better chance of being noticed by a woman client if she's only looking at 30 profiles compared to 900 profiles. What happens when people get 900 profiles at once is, they ignore almost all of them except for a few of the most attractive ones. This means, almost everybody gets ignored, and the most attractive ones get all the contact requests. That is a hopeless system with a high failure rate, and we feel it also disrespects both men and women. It treats people like data entries, with photos, on a hard disk. It's a cold and heartless system, and TMA never used it. The search for a marriage partner should be done slowly and with appropriate consideration. This is why we send out our profiles gradually, in monthly doses of reasonable size, so that everybody's profile gets appropriate attention, and everybody's chances of success are higher as a result. Back to TopWhy doesn't TMA allow me to search its entire database of women for characteristics like height and weight, etc.?Because our women clients prefer a more romantic approach to
finding a lifetime partner. If database search criteria are
important to you, consider that TMA's women clients already meet a
number of important search criteria: 1.) they are Japanese, 2.) they
are marriage-minded, 3.) they are interested in men from outside
Japan, 4.) they are of suitable age for you.
The TMA System is much more romantic, adventurous, and exciting than a cold and heartless database search. The TMA System goes back long before 1994 to the very dawn of mankind when men and women first looked at each other and became attracted to each other. They didn't need computers and databases then, and for something as personal as finding a lifetime partner, they don't need them now. All you need is to look at her photo(s) and read her profile. Back to TopWhy doesn't TMA allow me to edit my profile directly? Why do I have to ask TMA staff to do it?TMA is not an online dating site where members can write whatever they want, regardless of its appropriateness or truthfulness. All TMA profile content is scrutinized by TMA staff for appropriateness. We do not allow the type of spam, nonsense, and illicit solicitations you'll find in great abundance at a typical dating site. At such sites you even find men posing as women, all manner of fraud and mischief, as well as large numbers of obsolete & abandoned profiles. This is what happens when members can edit their own profiles directly, with little or no oversight.
TMA cannot guarantee that all the information on all our profiles is factual, but we can assure you, we have never had even one fake woman's profile in all our years of operation since 1994. All our women's profiles and photos come directly from the woman herself. Back to TopWhat are TMA's credentials and business references? How do I know that TMA is not just another scam operation?It's true there are many scam operations on the web. TMA,
however, is not one of them, as we will now demonstrate:
14. TMA has accepted payment by credit card since March of 1998. We
currently accept Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Discover, and JCB cards. Online payments via credit card are encrypted using
256 bit encryption on our secure server. You can confirm our
secure certificate by clicking on the
GeoTrust seal on the left
side of this page.
TMA has also accepted payments via PayPal for years. The
business address of our PayPal account is the same as the address on
our contact page.
16. Other websites where TMA has been an advertiser in good
standing for many years include Tokyo Notice Board, Metropolis
(originally Tokyo Classifieds), Hiragana Times, Kansai Flea Market,
and Kansai Scene.
We have also advertised for many years in the print versions of
those websites. A partial list of other print media TMA has
advertised extensively in are Pado (delivered free to households all
over Japan), Japanzine, Tokyo Journal, Tokyo YY, Kansai Time Out, the International
Herald Tribune, USA Today, Rolling Stone, plus a number of
smaller/regional/international "advertising only" papers.
18. Search Facebook for "Mieko Matsunaga II" to find TMA's
Facebook page. You can see from TMA's web and print media
presence that we make every effort to reach both potential men
clients as well as Japanese women, and we do so in the most cost
efficient manner possible. TMA keeps its costs low and passes
the savings on to its customers. If you think our fees are
high, read this.
21. The TMA motto (Making it easier to find your ideal
mate...) has been the same since TMA's founding in 1994.
It has always been our aim to provide the best quality service at
the lowest possible price. Back to Top
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