Miai
見合い, "matchmaking", literally "look meet", or お見合い as it is for properly known in Japan with the honorific prefix , is a Japanese traditional custom which relates closely to Western matchmaking, in which a woman as living as a man are presented to regarded and indicated separately. other to consider the opportunity of marriage. The term is sometimes mistranslated as an "arranged marriage" but it can be transmitted as a meeting opportunity with more serious considerations for the future as a process of courtship. According to the National Institute of Population & Social Security Research, in 2005 it was estimated that around 6.2% of marriages in Japan are arranged via .