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Japan is to get more men and women to go on dates. It wants to its birth rate because there are fewer and fewer babies born. Japan is going to artificial intelligence (AI) to match couples and help residents love. The government has decided to use $19 million next year to set the software up. There already matchmaking services in half of Japan's 47 prefectures. These filling out forms and answering questions on hobbies and interests. A worker then people based on the answers. Some prefectures are now AI projects to automate the system. AI software can a more advanced analysis of data and get better matches.

The government the project will the size of the population. Japan's fertility rate one of the lowest in the world. The average number of children a Japanese woman is to have in her lifetime is 1.36. This figure is to go down, which is why the government is the AI programme. A government spokesperson said: "We hope this support will reverse the decline in the nation's birth rate." Japan's population is rapidly because people are living longer. The longevity rate for women is the highest in the world. This a problem for the economy. There are fewer and fewer younger workers to for the pension and welfare costs of retired people.