Under a campaign to promote the city as a comfortable environment for young couples, the city of Nagareyama, Chiba Prefecture, has been offering residents an opportunity to officially declare their love by submitting "koi-todoke" (love registration) forms.
"This kind of project encouraging young people to submit koi-todoke is presumably Japan's first," said Naobumi Oshima of the city government's marketing section.
The document, which resembles a formal marriage registration form, has been available for downloads from the city's website since Feb. 14.
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