Her boyfriend left her for another woman...

TOKYO (majirox news) — Her boyfriend left her for another woman. Yukiko Goto felt lonely, angry, and humiliated. She couldn’t move on with her life and was desperate to talk to someone about it. However, the attractive 28-year-old cosmetics company worker, who lives in Tokyo, couldn’t bring herself to open up to someone she knew. She decided to consult a fortune-teller.

“I felt like I lost everything and didn’t know where I wanted to go in my life,” she says. “The charm of fortune-telling is that you can talk about your problems and do it anonymously.” Goto went to a fortune-teller who specializes in names and blood types, but she could just as easily have chosen one of many other types of fortune-telling: numerology, astrology, palmistry, and tarot readings to name but a few.

According to Jeff Kingston, Director of Asian Studies at Temple University Japan and author of “Contemporary Japan.” People are anxious about uncertainty and the future and go to fortune-tellers to seek some clarification, a prediction from which they can gain some sort of solace.

“I think many people are driven by a need to control their circumstances and getting a preview on the future feeds that need,” he says. In his view, “it is not unique only to Japan, but rather shows how much Japanese are like people everywhere.”

However, it is hard for young Japanese women to broach serious subjects with their friends, and people tend to avoid close relationships. Although there are communication opportunities like the Internet and the mobile phone, many young people still want to consult with someone they don’t know.

Yuriko Kiwa, a popular fortune-teller in Tokyo’s fashionable Harajuku district says people also use fortune-telling as a tool to explore life and discover who they are. “While some use fortune-telling for entertainment, the majority wants to talk about their problems.” Most of her clients are women in their 20s and 30s, and some teenagers, who usually talk about love and work. These days, men visit her as well.

Kiwa says people also use fortune-telling as a tool to explore life and discover who they are. “While some use fortune-telling for entertainment, the majority wants to talk about their problems.”

Most of her clients are women in their 20s and 30s, and some teenagers, who usually talk about love and work. These days, men visit her as well.

According to Sakita Ayu, a fortune-teller who has worked for the past 15 years in a booth in Tokyo, fortune-telling helps people, especially with problems like money and relationships. “It’s a reflection of today’s society that has become more complicated.”

(By Takeshi Watannabe and Catherine Makino)

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(Reuters extract) - Byun Mi-kyong sat quietly with her hands in her lap as she listened closely to every word the fortune-teller said about her daughter's chances of getting into the right university.

Dealing with intensely competitive college entrance exams has driven South Korean students to despair, and sometimes to suicide, as they fight for the few places in the best programs that are seen as the key to a successful career.

Anxious parents have long sought hints from fortune-tellers about how well their children will do in school. But now Byun and others are turning to divination for specific guidance on picking the most promising activities, courses and colleges.

In the heat of summer, Byun went to the shaman's house in Seongnam, a city on the outskirts of Seoul, giving her daughter's name and date of birth to the softly spoken man dressed in a traditional, white Korean costume.

"I could not have a heart-to-heart talk with anybody about this but I can speak frankly about what's in my mind to him," Byun said after the 10-minute consultation. "It was a big help to me."

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Shamans base their recommendations on "saju", or fate, determined by the four "pillars" of a person's life: the year, month, day and time of their birth.

Every bit helps, it would seem, when aiming for a spot at university.

Up to 600,000 students take the college entrance exams each year and their preparations are grueling. Teenagers put in long hours as they pack into cram schools after a day of classes. Hoping to ease some of the stress, Song Byung-chang has advised nearly 16,000 people over the last 19 years. Parents turn to us shamans, he said, because luck plays a big part in a complicated admissions process and his guidance can help families minimize the risks.

"If I have to go to an outdoor event next week, I would probably check the weather forecast," Song said, adding that fortune-telling "is exactly like that."

Kim Do-kyung started college preparations early for her 13-year-old son, consulting Song about the boy's best subjects. Word of success spreads fast among parents keen for any hint of help, she said.

"Many parents come here by word of mouth because some moms said their child did better than expected," she said.

(SEOUL Tue Sep 3, 2013 2:27pm EDT BY JANE CHUNG Editing by John O'Callaghan and Robert Birsel)