Buddhist temples enter matchmaking business in marriage-shy Japan

Photo taken Oct. 8, 2016 shows participants in a matchmaking event listening to a speech by a monk at the Tenryuin Buddhist temple in Tokyo. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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