How to continue living in Japan after divorcing a Japanese national? How to utilize the Long-Term Resident visa For those who ...

With long-married couples accounting for a record share of divorces in Japan, the country's salaryman culture and traditional ...

The proportion of divorces involving couples married for at least 20 years has reached a record high in Japan, driven by ...

"After five years of separation, the law change finally gave us a push for a divorce," Mariya Yamada, a 46-year-old Japanese television personality and actress, told DW in late June, showing her ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's first-ever divorce loan caters to those who fell head over heels in love only to find themselves up to their necks in debt. Named "Re" for those re-starting their lives, the ...

A landmark amendment to Japan’s Civil Code this week will see the scrapping of archaic restrictions on women’s legal rights to their children and their ability to remarry after a divorce. The ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - With divorce on the rise in Japan, some couples are choosing to celebrate the end of an unhappy marriage by saying "I do" for a final time at a divorce ceremony before friends and ...

On a weekday afternoon in Japan, John Deng stands near the playground, listening to other children play and laugh. His own son and daughter are nowhere in sight. He longs for the ordinary moments he ...

Divorcing parents in Japan can opt to share custody starting Wednesday, ending a system both criticised for encouraging parental child "abductions" and defended as a safeguard for domestic abuse ...

Divorce ceremonies were pioneered about a year ago by a former salesman, Hiroki Terai, who set up a "divorce mansion" in a small undercover space in Tokyo. Since then about 25 couples have each paid ...