Japan has figured out how to build a better dating app

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Illustration of Cupid with Mayoral sash.
Could the US government bring some much-needed innovation to dating?

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Tokyo is launching a dating app where users have to verify their income and promise they want to get married, as Japan fights tumbling birth rates

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Couple takes photos with blooming Sakura trees in the background. On April 6, 2024 citizens of Tokyo and tourists could finally enjoy the cherry blossom season with nice weather on a saturday after a week full of rain and low temperatures
A couple takes photos during Japan's Sakura festival.

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Microsoft is about to pump billions more into AI data centers

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A row of computers in a data center.

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What it was like inside the burning Japan Airlines plane — from the passengers who survived

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Firefighters work at Haneda International Airport after Japan Airlines' A350 airplane caught on fire, in Tokyo, Japan January 2, 2024.
Firefighters work at Haneda Airport after Japan Airlines' A350 airplane caught on fire in Tokyo.

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Japan Airlines collision shows why we can't be complacent about near-misses in the US

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Passengers wait in Terminal 2 of Haneda International Airport, as operations are suspended due to a Japan Airlines' A350 airplane and a Coast Guard aircraft collision, in Tokyo, Japan January 2, 2024.
Passengers wait in Terminal 2 of Haneda International Airport, as operations are suspended due to a Japan Airlines' A350 airplane and a Coast Guard aircraft collision, in Tokyo, Japan January 2, 2024.

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5 people were killed at Japan's busiest airport when 2 planes collided, causing a passenger jet to erupt into flames

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a Japan Airlines plane on fire on a runway of Tokyo's Haneda Airport on January 2, 2024

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I split my time between Tokyo and Singapore. I don't consider myself a digital nomad, I'm a 'shuttler.'

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Austin Zeng visiting Japanese members of parliament at the House of Representatives building in 2023, as a representative for an NGO that supports foreign students in Japan.
Austin Zeng visiting Japanese members of parliament at the House of Representatives building in 2023, as a representative for an NGO that supports foreign students in Japan.

Austin Zeng

America can solve its housing crisis by following Tokyo’s example

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A large Japanese building in the middle of a U.S. city
What's Tokyo's secret? Liberal and centralized land-use policies that give developers a lot of power to build what they want, when they want.

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People on the internet are split over Tokyo's standing sleeping pods: 'Why did Japan make this?'

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Composite image of YouTubers and TikTokers using the standing sleeping pod in Nescafe Harajuku
A cafe in Tokyo offered standing sleeping pods for customers to take giraffe naps in.

TikTok user @JapanOnTikTok, YouTuber CDawgVA, and TikTok user @tombotravelsjapan

I moved my family to Japan on an ancestry visa. The paperwork was daunting, but our healthcare is better and cheaper.

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A woman and her daughters petting a deer in Nara, Japan.
Veronica Hanson and her daughters petting a deer in Nara, Japan.

Veronica Hanson

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