Friendship Marriage: All you need to know about Japan's relationship trend without love or sex

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Also Read: Arjun Kapoor lends support to Delhi boy selling rolls in viral video, netizens say ‘terrible actor, but good human’ According to the report, the relationship trend is based on shared values and interests and people are seeing it as an alternative to traditional marriages. Also Read: Singer Abhijeet Bhattacharya becomes new sensation in Egypt, goes viral. Here's why The report has defined friendship marriage as “a cohabitating relationship based on shared interests and values." As per the trend, people do not marry the person whom they love or share a romantic bond.

As per the trend, partners can enter into a legal marriage and can live together as husband and wife. People in a friendship marriage are also allowed to have relationships with other people based on mutual agreement. Moreover, they can also decide to have children through artificial insemination.

Also Read: Video of BJP leader's minor son casting vote in Bhopal goes viral; Congress says 'turning EC into a child's plaything' “Friendship marriage is like finding a roommate with similar interests," SCMP quoted a person who was in a friendship marriage for three years. Another person in a similar relationship shared her experience of being in a friendship marriage and said that she ‘can be a good friend’ if not ‘suited as someone’s girlfriend'. She also said that she wants to be with a person with similar interests and tastes.