Japan's capital will launch its own dating app as early as this summer as part of government efforts to boost the plunging national birth rate, a Tokyo official said Tuesday.

Users will be required to submit documentation proving they are legally single and sign a letter stating they are willing to get married.

  • @zero_spelled_with_an_ecks
    110•21 days ago

    Everything but things that will actually work, i.e. changing the work culture so people have time to have sex and aren’t so stressed that they don’t want to.

    • Aniki 🌱🌿English
      48•21 days ago

      And force companies to pay better salaries. The pay in Japan is fucking bananas bad.

      • @[email protected]
        1•20 days ago

        The good news is there are already a lot of subsidy programs for people marrying and starting families, and those programs are expanding to include more people and offer more money.

        It’s not as good as it should be, but it’s better than it was a few years ago.

    • @[email protected]
      10•20 days ago

      And that fundamentally many women don’t want to have children, which plays out in every society where women have some level of rights. In addition, wealthier and more developed nations in general tend to have lower birth rates.