The Tokyo metropolitan government has announced that it will soon be in the online matchmaking business. It is launching a dating app, which will hopefully appear in the summer, its latest attempt to get people to do their duty to the nation by finding a partner, getting married and procreating ASAP.
The rules of the app will be a bit stricter than most commercial equivalents – you will be required to submit documentation establishing you are single and sign a pledge stating that you are willing to get married. It’s not Tinder. You’ll also need to attend an interview and provide a tax slip to indicate your salary.
Companies here increasingly pander to the singles market
And that’s not all, as well as establishing your marital aspirations, you will need to enter 15 items of personal information including height, background, and occupation, which will be disclosed to potential suitors – along with a photo ID (it’s unclear who’ll see that).
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