Tokyo Futari Story - Initiative to Create Couples in Japan

Tokyo Futari Story is an initiative by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government to create couples in a country where being alone is increasingly common due to declining marriage rates and birth rates. The initiative includes an online site and a dating app in development.

Initiative to Create Couples in Tokyo

Tokyo City Hall is launching an initiative called “Tokyo Futari Story” to help create couples in a country where being alone is increasingly common. They plan to launch a dating app later this year to address the declining marriage rates in Japan.

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