
Business Mar 20, 2014
Abe funds matchmaking to ease welfare bill
by Keiko Ujikane and Kyoko Shimodoi
Over coffee and cake in a rural cafe in Kochi Prefecture, Hideyuki Tanaka, 40, plucked up the courage to speak with Eri, 14 years his junior. A pianist provided the ambience for the afternoon gathering of 18 singles, arranged by local government cupids, which eventually ...