Friendship marriage, While arranged marriages were common in Japan in the past, they have become less prevalent in modern times. As a result, more people are seeking partners based on personal compatibility rather than familial expectations. Japan’s young people are adopting new type of marital relationship that excludes love or sex.
These marriages often prioritize compatibility and communication skills, which are essential for maintaining a healthy and long-lasting relationship. Couples who start as friends may already have a strong foundation of trust and understanding, which can contribute to the success of their marriage, they believe.
What is friendship marriage:
This marriage is such an unique tradition that have been trend in Japan in recent years. It is a unique kind of marriage arrangement where people get married to their friends, with mutual consent live together but without love or sex. As in Japan’s traditional marriages love is one of the main factor while in this friendship marriage it requires no love at all. But the couple must share same interest and values.
Around one per cent of Japan’s population of 124 million are indulging in this relationship and the number is growing day by day,
This is not about best friends to married couple, but this is more about couple legally married but stays together forever or temporary that depends on without love or sex.
Couples may live together or separately. If they decide to have children, they might decide to use artificial insemination.
This has facilitated the formation of friendships that can transition into romantic partnerships over time. sometimes end in divorce.
Date after marriage:
Even after marrying someone they can go on date with and can have relationship with the opposite sex. As we seen in reports that from last few years the interest in marriage were decreased and marriage rating were also declined, for this reason these new trends are evolving in Japan.