In a new effort to counteract Japan's rapidly declining birth rate, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government plans to launch a dating app as early as this summer. Announced by a government official, the ...

In Japan, Tokyo City Hall has launched a new online service called "Tokyo Futari Story" that aims to help people find relationships by offering counsel and general information. A dating app is also in ...

A Japanese municipality was forced to withdraw tips urging women to wear shoes that make them appear "delicate" or choose makeup that looks "demure" in order to secure a partner, after facing ...

Japan’s fertility rate, which has seen a precipitous fall for many years, has reached another record low as the government ramps up efforts to encourage young people to get married and start families ...

The popular dating trend of “ghosting” is a phenomenon that happens almost everywhere but in Japanese culture, it tends to be more extreme. Although ghosting happens worldwide, it is amplified in ...

A popular Japanese dating app has introduced a feature allowing it to verify users' marital status through government records, in a bid to prevent married cheaters pretending to be single. Tapple, ...

Dating While is a series from The Lily that explores the circumstances affecting women’s dating lives. Interested in contributing to a future installment of Dating While? Fill out this form. Taryn ...