With Japan’s fertility rate on the downslide, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government has stepped in to encourage more romance amongst its citizens by releasing a new dating app. They say it’s “‘the first step’ to begin marriage hunting”. So romantic… 

Perhaps tangentially related – over in the US (where the birth rate is also declining), adults are buying more kids’ toys for themselves than any other age group for the first time. A report says the pandemic encouraged swathes of new/older collectors – or maybe humans who need to be soothed… 

And our feline overlords strike again… Singapore has lifted a 34-year ban on keeping cats inside public housing – where about 80% of Singaporeans live. The law was introduced partly because of the potential for “caterwauling sounds” disrupting neighbours, but cat lovers say that was a touch hiss-terical…