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A Japanese dating app matched our bachelorette with a Buddhist monk, and she learned some things
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Casey Baseel
Dec 23, 2025 - Tweet
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Japanese woman sues man for 1.5 million yen for violating her “right to chastity”
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Master Blaster
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- Japan
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Dating app full of AI people very popular among 40-something married men in Japan
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Master Blaster
Aug 30, 2025
- Japan
- (AI • dating apps • generative AI • Loverse • relationships • romance • society • technology)
Tokyo government creating its own official dating app, slated to launch this summer
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Casey Baseel
Jun 13, 2024
- Japan
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- Japan
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The time we (almost certainly) got scammed by a dating app in Tokyo’s bar district
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Casey Baseel
Aug 5, 2021
There’s a surprising potential risk that’s making more Japanese youth turn to dating apps
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Shannon
Feb 27, 2020
Many Japanese youths see dating apps as a way to protect the interpersonal relationships they already have.
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