App users will be required to submit appropriate documentation to prove they are legally single, and will even have to sign a letter confirming that they are willing to get married.
"We learned that 70 percent of people who want to get married aren't actively joining events or apps to look for a partner," a Tokyo government official in charge of the new dating app told AFP.
"We want to give them a gentle push to find one," he said.
As part of the registration process for the app, users will need to attend an interview to confirm their identity, and supply a tax certificate slip to prove their annual salary.
In 2023, Japan’s birth rate dropped to a record low of 758,631, with Prime Minister Fumio Kishida saying that their declining birth rate is the “gravest crisis our country faces”.
A Tokyo official has said that the app could be launched by as early as summer in 2024.
