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CIVIL CODE

Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Dec 17, 2015
Experts say surname verdict reflects top court's gender, age makeup
Questions have been raised as to whether a better gender balance among the top court's 15 justices might have resulted in a different outcome.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Dec 16, 2015
Plaintiffs express shock at bad precedent set by court's decision on shared surnames
Plaintiffs contesting family laws that require spouses to choose a single surname expressed shock and anger at Wednesday's Supreme Court ruling, saying it sets a bad precedent and will force more women to suffer the misery of having to change their name upon marriage.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Dec 16, 2015
Japan's top court upholds same-name rule for married couples, overturns remarriage moratorium for women
The Supreme Court confirms the constitutionality of a controversial law requiring married couples to use the same surname in official matters.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Dec 15, 2015
Spouses await court ruling on retaining maiden name in marriage
Tears welled up in Kaori Oguni's eyes as she recalled the heartache she felt at what was supposed to be one of the happiest moments of her life — that is, when she and her husband registered their marriage at a Tokyo ward office in 2006.
JAPAN / Society
Nov 12, 2015
Top court sets Dec. 16 to rule on Civil Code marriage provisions
The Supreme Court has set Dec. 16 to rule on Civil Code provisions that prohibit married couples from using separate family names and bar women from remarrying for a period of six months after divorce, court officials said.
JAPAN
Nov 9, 2015
Attorney group to offer free advice to ID-less 'mukoseki' citizens
Japan's attorneys are planning a wide-scale effort to advise people trapped in mukoseki status who are deprived of basic government services because they do not appear on family registries and thus lack legal identity.
JAPAN / Society
Oct 15, 2015
Couple sue over Japan's six-month ban on remarriage for divorced women
The Shizuoka couple in their 20s filed a lawsuit Thursday over the rule for newly divorced women, calling it unconstitutional. They are seeking ¥3 million damages.
EDITORIALS
Aug 20, 2015
Time is ripe for inheritance reform
Some Civil Code provisions regarding inheritance date all the way back the Meiji Era. It's time to bring them into the 21st century.
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 28, 2015
Majority of teens intend to go to polls when voting age drops next year
A majority of the people who will become eligible to vote when the voting age drops to 18 from 20 next June, intend to cast ballots in next summer's pivotal Upper House election, an online survey conducted by Kyodo News found.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Apr 10, 2015
Parents ruled not liable for motorcycle accident caused by son's soccer ball
The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled the parents of a boy are not liable for a motorcycle accident that occurred after their son kicked a soccer ball out of the school grounds, overturning a lower court ruling that held the parents liable for the accident.
EDITORIALS
Mar 4, 2015
Update discriminatory Civil Code
The Supreme Court should not hesitate to rule that Civil Code provisions related to marriage surnames and remarriage after divorce are discriminatory and thus unconstitutional.
EDITORIALS
Sep 7, 2014
Updating the Civil Code
The brevity of Japan's Civil Code, compared with those in Western countries, has enabled flexible interpretations that the Justice Ministry is trying to standardize with proposed revisions that it has been working on for the past five years.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / LAW OF THE LAND
Apr 16, 2014
Hague jars with Japan's family law, a zero-sum game with only one outcome
A Japanese lawyer told me: 'To Westerners, marriage means 1+1=2. But in Japan it equals 1.' This made perfect sense to me, but perhaps I should explain.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues
Jan 15, 2014
Three cases, three paths to legitimacy for Supreme Court
When I began studying Japanese, one of my goals was to be able to read the Nihon Keizai Shimbun, Japan's version of The Wall Street Journal. Achieving that goal, however, meant realizing that it is possibly The Most Boring Newspaper on Earth.
JAPAN
Nov 12, 2013
Bill leveling inheritance rights hit for falling short
The Cabinet approved a bill Tuesday to amend the Civil Code so that it will grant the same inheritance rights to legitimate and illegitimate children in line with a Supreme Court decision in September, but critics say it falls short.
Japan Times
JAPAN / ANALYSIS
Sep 5, 2013
End of unequal inheritance lauded
Legal experts said Wednesday's landmark decision by the Supreme Court that the Civil Code provision denying full inheritance rights to heirs born out of wedlock is unconstitutional was welcome but late in coming.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Sep 4, 2013
Top court shoots down unequal inheritance rights
In a landmark ruling, the Supreme Court declares unconstitutional the Civil Code clause that denies full inheritance rights to heirs born out of wedlock.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jul 10, 2013
Top court may annul inheritance disparity
The Supreme Court convenes its Grand Bench to consider disputes over a Civil Code provision for less inheritance for illegitimate children, indicating it may reverse its earlier interpretation of the provision as constitutional.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Feb 28, 2013
Top court to assess kids' inheritance limits
The Supreme Court's Grand Bench will examine two cases that question whether a Civil Code stipulation limiting inheritance rights of children born out of wedlock infringes on the Constitution, which guarantees equality for all under the law.
No link to Nankai Trough quake seen after temblor in Shikoku
Satoshi Harada from the Meteorological Agency explains about the magnitude 6.6 earthquake during a news conference early Thursday.
Thousands evacuated as Indonesia volcano erupts
Indonesia's Mount Ruang spews hot lava and smoke as seen from Sitaro, North Sulawesi, on Wednesday.
Why hasn't Japan moved to prop up the weak yen?
Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Snake on a train: Discovery of serpent delays Tokyo-Nagoya shinkansen
A Tokaido shinkansen. It is unclear whether the snake was venomous or how it ended up on the train, and there was no injury or panic among passengers.
Sex differences could be key to the successful treatment of long COVID
A new study has found that women with long COVID had significantly lower levels of testosterone compared to those who had recovered from their infection.
'House of the Owl' brings Hollywood values to Japanese TV
In the new Disney+ series “House of the Owl,” Min Tanaka (left) plays a powerful political fixer, or “kuromaku,” who has a troubled relationship with his adult children, particularly his idealistic son, played by Mackenyu.
Benefits and risks: AUKUS looks to take gamble on Japan
U.S. President Joe Biden, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and British leader Rishi Sunak deliver remarks on the AUKUS partnership, after a trilateral meeting, at Naval Base Point Loma in San Diego in March last year.
Kyoto’s demon night parade lives to haunt another day
In a Kyoto long past, the "hyakki yagyō" (100 demon night parade) haunted a sleepy corner of Kyoto. Now, one enterprising monster enthusiast has won a small batttle to keep the march alive.
U.S. deploys midrange missile system in Indo-Pacific for first time
A U.S. Army Mid-Range Capability (MRC) Launcher arrives as part of the capability’s first deployment into theater on Northern Luzon, Philippines, April 8.
Unpacking the chaotic by-election in a scandal-hit Tokyo district
People listen to a campaign speech in Tokyo's Koto Ward on Tuesday.

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