Does it cost to join MIJ?
NO! (Friendship has no price)
MIJ is free to join.
There are no membership fees.

Who can join MIJ?
MIJ members have to be:
Women
Foreign nationals
(MIJ is not a group for Japanese women, it is for women who hold a foreign passport if you are living in Japan)
You have to be in or have been in a relationship with a Japanese man
(You do NOT need to be married to join! MIJ is not open to foreign women in Japan who are married to a foreign man)
You do NOT need to be living in Japan
(Of course most of the topics in MIJ are about life in Japan with a Japanese guy)
Click here to join MarriedinJapan
Click to join MarriedinJapan
MIJ supporting women since July 2000
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An online support and friendship group for all foreign women in a relationship with a Japanese man.
If you are dating, living with, engaged to, married, divorced, widowed, or have been in a relationship with a Japanese guy then grab a cup of java coffee and join us online!

What is MIJ?
MIJ is an internet community with an active email discussion list.
We email everyday about relationships with your partner, your inlaws, raising children, working, studying Japanese and of course most importantly about you and your life.

How does MIJ work?
MIJ members (MIJ'ers) choose to read emails at the MIJ Yahoo! site or receive them in their email in-tray individually or as a daily digest.
MIJ'ers can post a message online or by email.
Who are the MIJ'ers?
MIJ'ers are all nationalities, all ages, some have just arrived in Japan or our planning a first trip whilst others have been in Japan over 20 years.
MIJ now has over 860 members all over Japan and that number grows weekly.
MIJ'ers are in Hokkaido, Tohoku, Kanto-Chiba, Kanagawa, Saitama, Tokyo-Central, East & West, Chubu, Kinki, Chugoku, Shigoku, Kyushu as well as overseas MIJ'ers
in the UK & USA as well as all over the world.
Click to visit MIJ Yahoo!
Is MIJ only online?
MIJ is an online support community where MIJ'ers can freely email their personal feelings and thoughts (your privacy is safe as only women with a relationship can join through a moderator) & chat in the MIJ chat room.
MIJ'ers can also make friends with other MIJ'ers in their local area and meet up for coffee mornings, lunches and kids play sessions. MIJ'ers can choose who they met up with and organise their own MIJ get-togethers.

lHow do I join MIJ?
Just fill in an online form at the MIJ Yahoo! groups page or click the link below.
You need to give:
*your full name
*email address for MIJ
*where you are
*a little info on
(All private info is held by an MIJ moderator & is needed only to assess eligibility & kept to ensure that MIJ runs smoothly as an online group)
Once accepted, you can use a Yahoo! username.
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Updated on: 5/27/07


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