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MARRIAGE

Japan Times
JAPAN
May 6, 2014
Tablet computer: the new, improved dressing room mirror
Whether it's getting a wedding dress, makeup or a haircut, more shops are using tablet computers to help customers visualize what they would look like before actually taking the plunge.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Apr 8, 2014
Seiji Ozawa takes to the stage for Mozart opera
It is certainly good to see Maestro Seiji Ozawa back at the podium again.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Apr 6, 2014
California gurus find success via celebrities
Even in California, where people come to convince themselves of just about anything, it is not common for a celebrity couple on the verge of divorce to declare undying love and say they are closer now than ever.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 4, 2014
Child abduction agreement too late for many parents
To some parents, Japan's official entry Tuesday into the Hague convention on cross-border child abductions doesn't represent the light at the end of the tunnel, but the arrival of more obstacles in the prolonged effort to retrieve their children, experts say.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 20, 2014
Abe funds matchmaking to ease welfare bill
Over coffee and cake in a rural cafe in Kochi Prefecture, Hideyuki Tanaka, 40, plucked up the courage to speak with Eri, 14 years his junior.
JAPAN
Mar 18, 2014
52.4% of Japanese say they oppose same-sex marriage
Three in four Japanese adults think society is unkind to sexual minorities, while just more than half oppose same-sex marriage, a recent nationwide poll found.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Mar 1, 2014
Why marry, or worry, when we can be alone together in ohitorisama Japan?
As people increasingly choose to live and do things alone, is Japan evolving into an 'ohitorisama' nation? Time will tell.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Feb 10, 2014
Marrying an equal could be boosting inequality
Rich and poor Americans are slowly but surely staking out separate lives — moving to different communities and marrying people of similar income and backgrounds.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 6, 2014
Hollande's split may scar the female electorate
French President Francois Hollande's glacial dismissal of the 'official' First Lady — 18 words long, including three uses of the personal pronoun 'I' — will do him no good with the French electorate.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 8, 2014
Buddhist bachelor priests turn to matchmaking parties
Finding marriage partners is a problem shared by many young Buddhist priests, who have few opportunities to meet people of their own generation.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Nov 29, 2013
Gut feelings predict wedded bliss
The harbinger of an unhappy marriage might be your gut.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Nov 9, 2013
Perfect match: Miyakon help singles connect
Despite being located almost a stone's throw from the historic town of Nikko in Tochigi Prefecture and establishing itself as the gyōza capital of Japan, Utsunomiya was languishing in the economic doldrums for the much of the early 2000s.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Nov 9, 2013
Meeting more people improves your chances of finding true love
A boy and a girl meet at a bar or a party, experiencing that special spark that will forever linger in their minds. If they successfully manage to ride out the usual bumps that arise in a typical relationship along the way, they end up tying the knot. Once upon a time, love was simple.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 6, 2013
Long green card wait has happy ending for Japan woman and wife
After more than 10 years of struggling to stay in the United States legally with her wife, Takako Ueda can breathe free: Her green card is here.
COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES
Oct 7, 2013
Getting a dodgy divorce is easy; annulling the decision is anything but
Annulling a divorce in Japan achieved through forgery can mean court mediation and possibly litigation, making it much more difficult than getting a divorce fraudulently in the first place.
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Aug 31, 2013
Married or single, Japan is a desolate country
"The past century is a history of sexual distortion," social psychologist Hiroyoshi Ishikawa told Time Magazine in 1983.
EDITORIALS
Jul 7, 2013
Step toward equality under the law
The U.S. Supreme Court walked a fine line in ruling that same-sex couples are entitled to federal benefits. It washed its hands of the most polarizing point.
WORLD / Society
May 30, 2013
Nearly 40% of U.S. moms are family breadwinners
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Japan Times
CULTURE / Japan Pulse
May 24, 2013
Fighting for their lives, local governments shell out for matchmaking services
In Itoigawa, Niigata, the government has begun subsidizing online dating service membership in an effort to pair up more locals.
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
May 19, 2013
Immigration reform: Could this be Abe's new growth strategy?
The politics of immigration in Japan involve anxieties about national identity and worries about crime. Looking at other countries with large numbers of immigrants, the Japanese government has said "no thanks." There are, however, strong economic reasons for Japan to let down the drawbridges.

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