8 Things to Promise before Starting a Long Distance Relationship with a Japanese Girlfriend

2. Do your best to keep each other up to date on your schedules, like telling your partner what days you can’t be reached.


“Even if I know it’s because of work, when I can’t get hold of him it worries me,” says a Japanese woman in her twenties. It appears that many Japanese women are in favor of knowing their boyfriends’ schedules in advance.