Many middle-aged couples are filing for divorce upon arriving back in Japan after traveling overseas to celebrate the husband's retirement.
The "new Narita divorce" phenomenon is a play on the term "Narita divorces," which refers to young newlyweds who get divorced soon after they go through Narita airport on the way back from their honeymoon.
"It is dangerous for couples to suddenly go on overseas trips after the husbands retire," said novelist Sayoko Nishida, who has written the book "Teinen-Ryoryu" ("Drifting after Retirement"), about wives who suffer stress after their husbands stop working.