Japanese man stops search for perfect woman, marries computer hologram


Virtually ever after: Kondo posing with a doll of Hatsune Miku as he shows their marriage certificate at his apartment in Tokyo. — AFP

TOKYO: When newlywed Akihiko Kondo returns from work at a middle school in a Tokyo suburb, he is greeted by the love of his life, who lights up – literally – in welcome.

His wife, Hatsune Miku, is not flesh and blood but a computer-generated hologram.

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