Japan: first encounter of married couples 2021

According to a survey conducted in June 2021, the majority of married couples met themselves at the workplace or through friends or siblings. The share of married couples whose first encounter was online rose to 13.6 percent among couples who married within three years prior to the survey.

Ways married couples first met their spouses in Japan as of June 2021

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Release date

September 2022

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Region

Japan

Survey time period

June 2021

Number of respondents

894*

Special properties

first-marriage couples who got married within five years prior to each survey

Supplementary notes

*486 couples who got married between July 2015 and June 2018 and 398 couples who got married between July 2018 and June 2021.

Among married couples in which wives were under 50 years at the time of their first marriage and under 55 years old at the time of the survey.

Original question: "How did you and your spouse meet?"

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