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  • Dating App Updates Jan 2026

    Dating appdates (Jan ’26): Tea’s web return, Partiful’s Crush, Grindr’s retail ambitions

    Jamie F/
    January 21, 2026
  • Dating app news updates for September 2025

    Dating appdates (Sep ‘25): Bumble’s AI matchmaker, Japan’s virtual girlfriends, and why psychopaths win at dating apps

    Jamie F/
    September 23, 2025
  • Japanese VR porn booth

    Space to escape: Inside Japan’s pay-by-the-hour VR booths

    Charlotte Forrest/
    September 18, 2018
  • Dating App Updates Jan 2026

    Dating appdates (Jan ’26): Tea’s web return, Partiful’s Crush, Grindr’s retail ambitions

    From Tea’s controversial web comeback and Partiful’s new Crush feature to Grindr’s ambitious retail plans and a Japanese corporate matchmaking trend, here’s everything that happened in dating apps this month.
  • Dating app news updates for September 2025

    Dating appdates (Sep ‘25): Bumble’s AI matchmaker, Japan’s virtual girlfriends, and why psychopaths win at dating apps

    From Bumble’s upcoming AI-powered matchmaking app to Japan’s new virtual girlfriend service where AI characters can actually reject you, the dating app world is getting weird. Meanwhile in Australia, hundreds of thousands of scam accounts are getting the boot, and science confirms what we suspected: narcissists are crushing it on Tinder.
  • Dating App Updates July 2025

    Dating appdates (July ’25): Dating for Disney park nuts, marriage status verification, double dates, and more

    Adults who obsess over Disney theme parks are a very special bunch, and it looks like an app to help them find love with each other is on the way. Meanwhile in Japan, a dating app can verify if you’re married or not, as concerns about married folk using the apps for some side action […]
  • 4 people arrested over ai-created images in Japan

    ‘Legs open’, case closed? Four arrested in Japan for selling AI-generated porn

    Four people have been arrested in Japan on suspicion of selling obscene porn posters created by generative AI, in a move that Japanese media reported marked the first arrests in the country for selling AI-created obscene images. Tokyo police said that on April 14, 2025 the four accused, variously aged in their 20s and 50s, […]
  • Dating in Japan

    Japan’s putting $19M into AI dating to stem population decline

    As one of the fastest declining populations, with its number expected to halve by 2100, Japan’s government is resorting to tech as a last ditch attempt at matching people for marriage and procreation through the use of artificial intelligence. Having previously attempted to combat this issue with childcare services, parental leave schemes, and monetary assistance […]

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  • Dating App Updates Jan 2026
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    Dating appdates (Jan ’26): Tea’s web return, Partiful’s Crush, Grindr’s retail ambitions

    Tea’s back via web browser, Partiful wants to help you find love at parties, and Grindr’s plotting a retail empire. January’s essential dating app news.
    January 21, 2026
    • Jamie F

  • Dating app news updates for September 2025
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    Dating appdates (Sep ‘25): Bumble’s AI matchmaker, Japan’s virtual girlfriends, and why psychopaths win at dating apps

    Bumble’s launching an AI matchmaker while Japan debuts apps for dating virtual partners. Plus: 660k accounts banned and psychopaths’ dating app edge.
    September 23, 2025
    • Jamie F

  • Dating App Updates July 2025
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    Dating appdates (July ’25): Dating for Disney park nuts, marriage status verification, double dates, and more

    Disney dating app incoming, Bumble cuts staff, and ID checks expand on global dating apps.
    July 21, 2025
    • Jamie F

  • 4 people arrested over ai-created images in Japan
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    ‘Legs open’, case closed? Four arrested in Japan for selling AI-generated porn

    Four people have been arrested in Japan for selling what is alleged to be AI-generated images that break the country’s obscenity laws.
    April 29, 2025
    • Jamie F

  • Dating in Japan
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    Japan’s putting $19M into AI dating to stem population decline

    Japan is hoping to stem its significant population decline by investing in better AI-powered dating algorithms and other matching technology.
    October 13, 2022
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  • Japan gender identity
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    Japanese men are exploring their gender identity through anime dating

    Lovense releases Webcam 2 for porn cammers, featuring AI zoom in response to tips, ultra HD 4K resolution, and hands-free control for enhanced live-streaming.
    September 25, 2020
    • Chris M

  • Japanese VR porn booth
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    Space to escape: Inside Japan’s pay-by-the-hour VR booths

    In Japan, physical space is being used to provide privacy-poor Japanese people with the equipment and time required for a little virtual RnR. We go inside Tokyo’s VR porn booths to see what’s inside…
    September 18, 2018
    • Charlotte Forrest

  • Crowd in Japan VR Festival
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    Overcrowding leads to cancellation of VR porn festival

    Lovense releases Webcam 2 for porn cammers, featuring AI zoom in response to tips, ultra HD 4K resolution, and hands-free control for enhanced live-streaming.
    March 13, 2020
    • Ben