When we read Japanese history it's easy to forget that the revolutionary changes that washed through the country from the 19th century into the 20th all took place within a single human life span. The River Ki, by Sawako Ariyoshi.256 pages KODANSHA, Fiction. Sawako Ariyoshi takes this ...
The labor ministry is considering stripping advertising giant Dentsu Inc. of a certification that shows it is a "family-friendly" company, following the death of several employees from conditions related to overwork. "We want to take strict measures, including taking back (the ministry-given certificate)," Health, Labor ...
Pope Francis entered his 80th year on Thursday amid hopes among his critics that it will be his last — at least as pope. While Francis remains enormously popular among most rank-and-file Catholics, a small but vocal group of conservatives who have never much cared ...
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a ruling by Japan's Supreme Court upholding a law requiring spouses to use the same surname, describing the law as outdated.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 ...
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.
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. In ...
The Supreme Court confirms the constitutionality of a controversial law requiring married couples to use the same surname in official matters.
The Tokyo Family Court has ruled in favor of actor and former pop idol Mikio Osawa, who had denied any biological connection with the son he allegedly fathered with actress and ex-wife Mai Kitajima. The case went to court last month after Osawa, former leader ...
Just days after closing a contentious meeting of bishops from around the world, Pope Francis turned his attention Tuesday to more domestic but equally contentious affairs. He issued a stern warning to Vatican bureaucrats to obey Vatican rules and laws as he goes about overhauling ...
Pope Francis met Sunday with a family who made a 13,000-mile trip over 194 days from Argentina to Philadelphia in an old Volkswagen van. Francis spent time with fellow Argentinians Catire Walker and Noel Zemborain and their four children and was touched by their experience, ...
Oklahoma police responding to an emergency call in which no one spoke found a gruesome scene at a suburban Tulsa home — five members of a family dead or dying from stabbing and a sixth wounded but alive near the front door. Broken Arrow Police ...
After decades of a national conversation about the need for more babies, there is still disagreement as to what sort of measures Japan should take in order to increase its birthrate. The obstacles are financial, social and physiological, and before they can be addressed ...
