The Diet on Friday revised the Civil Code to clarify the terms of contracts between businesses and consumers for online shopping, life insurance and other transactions. The revision sets forth criteria for when the terms of contract can be nullified. For example, terms deemed one-sidedly disadvantageous ...

The government is considering setting the minimum age for marriage at 18 nationwide, scrapping a provision introduced shortly after World War II that allows 16-year-old girls to wed, an official source said. The provision for a unified minimum marriage age would be presented in a ...

Legal protections for young people will need to be very robust if the age of adulthood is lowered to 18.

The government is considering revising the Civil Code to lower the age of majority from 20 to 18, government sources said Thursday.

Plaintiffs contesting family laws that require spouses to choose a single surname expressed shock and anger at Wednesday's Supreme Court ruling, saying it will force more women to suffer the misery of having to change their name upon marriage.

U.S. gender equality experts on Wednesday criticized a ruling by Japan's Supreme Court upholding a law requiring spouses to use the same surname, describing the law as outdated. "Having the same name as her husband is not necessarily against her self-interest, but it should be ...