The Relationship People: Mediating Love and Marriage in Twenty-First Century Japan

The Relationship People examines the marriage industry and its clients in neoliberal Japan. It addresses what industry professionals are promoting to ease Japan’s low rates of marriage and childbirth, what singles are actually doing, and whether focusing on introducing more singles to each other can effectively solve Japan’s millennial woes.

Erika R. Alpert is assistant professor of anthropology at Nazarbayev University.