REUTERS — Dec 6 – Match.com turned to ritual prayers and a Shinto priest to help boost its business in Japan. CEO Thomas Enraght-Moony visited the Shiba Dai-Jingu shrine in Tokyo to take part in a private ceremony that included the offering of a sacred sakaki tree branch. Match launched in Japan in 2004 and has now 840,000 members. "It's important to learn about the countries where we operate, to be successful." Enraght-Moony said after the ceremony. Over 2/3 of Japanese in 1935 had arranged marriages. Today 90% of Japanese find their marriage partners on their own.
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