Leaving the young to speed-date doesn’t seem to be working in Japan. Their parents are stepping in.
It’s a steamy summer afternoon in the Japanese city of Osaka, where a group of around 60 men and women have gathered for a session of “omiai,” or matchmaking, to find true love. They mingle away, hopping from one end of the conference room at the Sakai Chamber of Commerce building to another as they assess potential matches – and the competition. But this is no ordinary speed-dating event.
Raymo had a similar view, saying Japan’s high cost of living and notoriously long working hours made things worse. “If you’re working 70 hours a week, then of course you won’t have a suitable partner, because you have no time to meet one,” he said. The depth of the crisis can be glimpsed in supermarket aisles and convenience stories, where shelves are full of pre-packaged meals catering to one, or in the streets full of tiny apartments tailor-made for single life, Raymo added.
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