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<div><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1785205550018jeremy-wong-weddings-464ps_nOflw-unsplash.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" width="960"/>Photo by Jeremy Wong Weddings on Unsplash</div>A total of 265 couples have married after meeting on an AI-powered dating app launched by the Tokyo government in 2024 to lift Japan&#x27;s low birth rate, according to official data.TOKYO Enmusubi went live in September 2024 after a survey found that around 70 percent of people interested in marriage were not actively engaging in matchmaking.To overcome this reluctance and ensure that only people interested in tying the knot joined, those signing up had to prove that they were legally single and pass an online interview, among other conditions.As of June 30 this year, the app had 16,000 registered members -- whittled down from around 36,000 applicants -- and 760 couples in &quot;serious relationships&quot;, according to government data released this month.A total of 265 couples had married.<div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/overseas/01/07/24/one-third-of-japans-unmarried-adults-under-50-have-never-dated">One-third of Japan&#x27;s unmarried adults under 50 have never dated: survey </a></div>The government quoted one woman with the pseudonym &quot;Turtle&quot; as saying she tried the app &quot;as a last chance&quot; as she approached her 40th birthday.&quot;After going on several blind dates, I met my current husband at the end of August, and we started a serious relationship in mid-September,&quot; she said.&quot;I accepted his proposal at the end of December.&quot;The number of <a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/world/2025/2/27/japan-births-fall-to-new-historic-low-1618">babies born in Japan to Japanese nationals hit a new record low </a>of 671,236 in 2025, in the 10th consecutive annual decline, government data showed in June.Deaths were more than double that at 1.6 million, while the fertility rate edged down 0.01 percentage points to 1.14 although marriages inched higher, the Health, Labour and Welfare Ministry numbers showed.<div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/world/2025/2/28/aging-japan-turns-to-ai-robots-to-care-for-older-people-1336">Aging Japan turns to AI robots to care for older people </a> <a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/overseas/02/25/20/worlds-oldest-man-dies-in-japan-at-112">World&#x27;s oldest man dies in Japan at 112 </a> <a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/health-science/2026/3/25/dirty-diapers-born-again-in-japan-recycling-breakthrough-1255">Dirty diapers born again in Japan recycling breakthrough </a></div>

A total of 265 couples have married after meeting on an AI-powered dating app launched by the Tokyo government in 2024 to lift Japan's low birth rate, according to official data.

A total of 265 couples have married after meeting on an AI-powered dating app launched by the Tokyo government in 2024 to lift Japan's low birth rate, according to official data.

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Tokyo govt dating app achieves 265 marriages

Agence France-Presse

Published July 28, 2026 10:28 AM PHT

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