How frequent is the male equivalent of this type of bride who lists herself in catalogs and is selected by a man for marriage and that rural Japanese men have begun taking from he Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand and other Asian countries in the mid 1980s?
Japan foreign marriage:  Since the mid 1980s, rural Japanese men have begun taking foreign brides, mainly those from the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand and other Asian countries, as a way of countering the reduced number of women who are of marriageable, childbearing age that are willing to marry rural Japanese men. Mail-order bride: A mail-order bride is a woman who lists herself in catalogs and is selected by a man for marriage. Mail-order bride:  Men who list themselves in such publications are referred to as "mail-order husbands," although this is much less common.
much less common