TOKYO -- Dating apps have become widely accepted in Japan as tools for meeting potential partners, with many couples marrying ...

The Tokyo city government is expected to launch a dating app as early as this year to help encourage single citizens to meet and get married. Meanwhile, local dating app company Tapple has been ...

Japanese dating apps and online dating sites are great tools in case you’re a foreigner looking for a pretty local woman or man. The people are indeed worth your attention, and luckily modern social ...

One in four married people under the age of 40 met their spouse through dating apps, according to a survey conducted by the Children and Families Agency. The survey was conducted online in July among ...

Japan has around 36 million people over 65 years old, South Korea has one of the lowest birth rates in the world, and in China, the number of births last year was the lowest since 1949. In the Fuchu ...

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A startup company with a name inspired by the Hollywood film Her says it now has over 5,000 users for its app allowing people to meet, date and even “marry” an artificial intelligence bot. Loverse, ...

TOKYO, Japan — Called “Tokyo Futari Story,” the city hall's new initiative is just that: An effort to create couples, “futari,” in a country where it is increasingly common to be “hitori," or alone.

Like many people juggling long hours at work, Chiharu Shimoda sought companionship via a dating app. For two months, he exchanged messages with five or six potential partners, but it wasn’t long ...

Grace, a 29-year-old publicist in New York, has regularly used a slew of dating apps for more than four years, with little luck. Despite endless chatting, her matches rarely materialize into in-person ...