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MARRIAGE

EDITORIALS
Sep 4, 2018
Review the Civil Code rules over paternity denial
The problem of people lacking family registry must be eliminated, and legal hurdles that need to be fixed to resolve the problem should be quickly addressed.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Aug 25, 2018
Chiba to issue nonbinding certificates recognizing same-sex and common-law couples
The prefecture says it will be the first to issue such certificates to common-law couples and will ask hospitals and other entities to “cooperate.”
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / FOREIGN AGENDA
Jul 4, 2018
Until real change is achieved, LGBTQ people in Japan have no reason to be grateful
When the first same-sex partnership was recognized in Shibuya in 2015, the mayor called it 'a first step.' So why, nearly three years later, are we still taking first steps?
Japan Times
JAPAN / History / JAPAN TIMES GONE BY
Jun 30, 2018
Japan Times 1918: Captain Yoshita Masaki saved after insisting on going down with his ship
Capt. Yoshita Masaki is said to have remained aboard his ship until the last moment, apparently determined to share her fate, and paying no heed to the officers and men who besought him to leave while there was yet time.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jun 29, 2018
Stop worrying about the age of adulthood
Media apprehension about lowering the legal age of majority has been wildly overblown.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Jun 28, 2018
Anthony Kennedy's exit seen threatening abortion and gay rights as Supreme Court is set to shift far right
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy's retirement, announced on Wednesday, could put some of his signature rulings in jeopardy, including ones that expanded or preserved gay rights and abortion rights.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Jun 23, 2018
Marriage is not always the bed of roses it's supposed to be
Whenever you read about people doing things you yourself would never dream of doing, you naturally wonder: Is it a warped individual nature that is to blame? Is it the nature of the time, the place, the circumstances?
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Jun 14, 2018
Many of Japan's growing number of singles claim they are comfortable facing death alone
In graying Japan, where a rising number of people are living alone, being single doesn't necessarily equate to being lonely.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jun 13, 2018
Japan's Diet OKs law lowering age of adulthood to 18
The Diet passes a package of amendments that — for the first time in 140 years — includes a measure lowering adulthood to 18 years old from the current 20.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 13, 2018
Japan's wedding ring jewelers look to become more LGBT-friendly
While same-sex marriage has not been legalized in Japan, some firms in the country's wedding jewelry industry have started taking steps to make their products and stores more LGBT-friendly.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Jun 9, 2018
In 'Convenience Store Woman', Sayaka Murata questions normality in modern Japan
A former convenience store worker herself, Murata tells stories of women who don't fit in, who aren't ticking the boxes of middle class conformity.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 3, 2018
Totaling up the terrible cost of child marriage
New data is shedding light on the practice's horrible economic impact.
Two of America’s biggest debt holders are dumping Treasurys
The U.S. Treasury building in Washington. Investors in Japan and China sold a pile of U.S. debt in the last quarter, just before the U.S. presidential election.
Tokyo Metro’s overseas efforts begin in earnest with London deal
Tokyo Metro will soon have a role in the running of London's Elizabeth Line, a major train route serving the U.K.’s capital city and environs.
Russia fired experimental ballistic missile at Ukraine, Putin says
Ukrainian firefighters work on a spot following an airstrike in Dnipro on Thursday.
Ex-yokozuna Kitanofuji dies at 82
Yokozuna Kitanofuji enters the ring during the May 1970 grand sumo tournament in Tokyo.
Man charged with murder allegedly made victim date other men for money
A car carrying suspect Ryotaro Masuda, who was indicted for allegedly beating his 25-year-old girlfriend to death, leaves the Shibuya Police Station in Tokyo on Thursday.
Shohei Ohtani wins National League MVP award
Shohei Ohtani celebrates after hitting a three-run home run against the Padres during the National League Division Series at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles last month.
The slow-burn success of ‘A Samurai in Time’
A 19th-century warrior gets struck by lightning and wakes to find himself in 21st-century Kyoto in Junichi Yasuda’s surprise hit “A Samurai in Time.”
Around a quarter of Japan married couples in their 20s met through dating apps
A survey released by an organization promoting “Good Couples Day” shows that 24% of couples in their 20s met their marriage partner through a dating app.
'Tokyo Swindlers': Get deep into the minds of real estate con artists
In Ko Shinjo's "Tokyo Swindlers," a group of con artists manipulates real estate giants into falsified deals within the highly competitive, quick market.
Japan, U.K. and Italy discuss inviting more countries to joint fighter project
A new concept model of a next-generation fighter jet to be jointly developed by Japan, Britain and Italy is on display in Farnborough, Hampshire, in July.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

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