Japan government’s solution to get more people to date

The Japanese government is using taxpayer money on a dating app called Tapple that matches people based on mutual hobbies and interests. Why? The country is facing an unprecedented population decline and the government, presumably, wants people to procreate.

‘Why don’t you find a nice lover too?,’ says Tapple’s website in a loose translation from Japanese.

Government plays cupid

Tokyo, the capital city, has the highest percentage of never-married men and women at age 50 nationwide. The Land of the Rising Sun has often been associated with more and more people having a solitary existence. 

This is because one in 10 residents in Japan are aged 80 and above, and is also rated as having the world’s oldest population. And old people don’t procreate.