Attractive Russian women with blonde hair and green eyes smile invitingly from the computer screen.

A man can pick up to 20 of them and send his profile back via an Internet marriage agency. In a few weeks, he is off to Russia for about four days to meet up to eight of those who agree to see him.

If a match is made, he will be introduced to the woman's parents, then invite her to visit Japan on a three-month visitor visa. Afterward, if all goes well, nuptials.