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Japanese sign up for DNA matchmaking as country faces demographic crisis. 日本面临人口危机，采用DNA配对相亲。 The scene resembles a typical blind speed-dating event: 13 women and 13 men, seated on either side of a bamboo screen in an upmarket Tokyo restaurant, are chatting in pairs on a strictly timed three-minute rotation. 这一幕就像一场典型的盲目的速配相亲会：13个女生和13个男生坐在东京一家高档餐厅的竹帘两侧，只有三分钟时间两两进行循环聊天。 But the doctor hovering on the fringes and the scientific documents held in the participant’s hands, however, offer a hint that this is no ordinary dating event: for everyone attending has undergone a DNA test in a bid to find their best romantic match. 但边上徘徊的医生和相亲者手中拿的科学文件都暗示着这并非一场普通的相亲会，每位相亲者为了找到最适合的另一半都进行了DNA测试。 Welcome to the world of DNA matchmaking. Forget hobbies, professions, ages or nose sizes: one critical new criteria for finding the perfect partner was recently added to Japan’s fast-paced dating world, with the launch of a new service that promises to find love based on genetic compatibility. 欢迎来到DNA配对相亲的世界。最近日本快节奏的相亲界又多了一条至关重要的寻找完美伴侣的新标准，不用再考虑爱好、职业、年龄或鼻子的大小，有一项新的服务，承诺依靠基因互补性让相亲者找到真爱。 | 
