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

3. It’s important to remember to trust each other, especially because you aren’t physically with your partner.


“When I don’t get to see him, it tends to make me more distrusting,” says a Japanese female in her twenties. Maybe feelings like this can’t be helped, but as another Japanese woman of the same age says, “In the end, it’s important that we trust each other.” Assertions like these have a peremptory and convincing power to them.