Is it "too easy" to get a divorce in Japan?
There is an increasing number of cases of foreign women claiming their former Japanese husbands divorced them by submitting "uncontested divorce" papers in which signatures were faked, according to a group that advises foreign divorcees.
Mutually agreed divorces in Japan do not require court proceedings. Application papers are submitted to municipal government offices and the presence of both parties is not required. The system is unfair to foreign spouses who have difficulty communicating in Japanese, the advisory group says.