”No Japan” is over... International marriages between Korean men and Japanese women are on the rise = Korea

A survey revealed that the proportion of international marriages has increased significantly among the 222,000 couples who got married last year. In particular, with the end of the "No Japan Boycott" movement and increased exchanges between young people in Japan and Korea, the number of Korean men
International marriages between Japanese women and foreigners have increased by 40% from the previous year, drawing attention. According to the "2023 Marriage and Divorce Statistics" released by the Korea National Statistical Office on the 20th, the number of marriages last year increased by 28,800 couples (
The number of couples marrying other couples increased by 14.8%) to 222,400 couples in 2019, the highest rate of increase since statistics began being compiled in 1970.
The crude marriage rate, which means the number of marriages per 1,000 people, was 4.4, down from the previous year.
The number of annual marriages increased by 0.6 couples. After increasing by 0.9% in 2011 (329,087 couples), the number of marriages per year has been declining every year, and will decline slightly in 2023 (1.0%) when the COVID-19 virus situation subsides.
The number of marriages by age group increased for both men and women between the ages of 25 and 44, with the largest increase in those in their early 30s over the previous year. For men, the increase was 17,000 for those in their early 30s (30-34 years old).
The number of marriages by age group (per 1,000 people in that age group) increased by 16,000 (24.0%), while the number of marriages by age group (for women) increased by 16,000 (23.8%).
This is not an increase in the number of marriages due to a simple increase in population, but rather an increase in the intention to get married.
There were 21,000 marriages with foreigners, up 5.3% from the previous year. International marriages have been increasing for three consecutive years.
The most common nationalities of foreign women married to Korean men are Vietnamese (32.1%), Chinese (16.7%), and Thai (13.7%), while the most common nationality of foreign men married to Korean women is American (28.
The most common countries were China (17.6%) and Vietnam (15%). In particular, marriages between Korean men and Japanese women have increased sharply to the 40% level for two consecutive years.
The number of couples who have been married for 1,176 years was the highest ever recorded last year, both in terms of the number of couples who have been married and the rate of increase.
It has been noted that many stars are starting families with Japanese women and living happy lives.