IBJ Inc. (Headquarters: Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo; President and CEO: Kenjiro Tsuchiya), which creates the most marriages in Japan*1, announced the results of a survey on matchmaking for remarried women, analyzing marriage data for 2025. The "IBJ Kekkon Mirai Kenkyujo" (IBJ Marriage Future Research Institute) operated by IBJ Inc. has released the findings. The survey revealed that approximately half of remarried women marry first-marriage men. Furthermore, about one in four remarried women who married first-marriage men have children, indicating that marital history and the presence of children are not significant barriers to marriage. In recent years, remarriage has become an important option for family formation in Japan. This survey shows that encounters with new partners are expanding, accepting diverse family structures regardless of marital history or whether one has children. Approximately half of remarried women marry first-marriage men. Matching beyond marital history is progressing Figure 1: 47.2% of remarried women married first-marriage men Of the remarried women who married in 2025, 47.2% married first-marriage men, a figure nearly on par with the percentage who married remarried men (47.5%). This suggests that marital history is not a decisive factor in choosing a partner. The background to this is a change in values regarding marriage; divorce experience itself is no longer uncommon. Against this backdrop of environmental change, the matchmaking market is increasingly emphasizing compatibility in values and future plans over marital history itself. These results may indicate a shift in the matchmaking market where "what kind of family one wants to build" is prioritized over attributes like "whether one is marrying for the first or second time." About one in four remarried women have children. The option of stepfamilies is expanding Figure 2: 25.5% of remarried women who married first-marriage men have "children." Among remarried women who married first-marri