On Ulove's account on Weibo, China's most popular social media app, female members hold signboards with Chinese characters to advertise themselves to eligible bachelors.

Around the country, local Japanese governments have set up speed-dating services where people can come to meet potential lifelong partners.The programs come in response to the country's population woes.Due primarily to younger generations losing interest in getting married and starting families, the population has actually shrunk by more than 1 million since 2010.Fathers don't get any paid time off, but many men work upward of 80-hour weeks. At least, that’s what one Japanese dating service is trying to prove - by requiring participants in speed dating sessions to wear white surgical masks.