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MARRIAGE

WORLD / Society
Oct 8, 2016
Same-sex marriage supporters attend Sydney, Melbourne rallies ahead of planned plebiscite
Hundreds of supporters of same-sex marriage rallied in Australia's two largest cities on Saturday against a government plan to hold a public vote on the issue, concerned it will cause an increase in anti-gay comments.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 25, 2016
Trump's potential guest at first debate: Gennifer Flowers
Donald Trump has threatened to invite Gennifer Flowers, who had an affair with Hillary Clinton's husband, to attend Monday night's presidential debate.
EDITORIALS
Sep 24, 2016
Changing the spousal tax break
The authorities had better tread very carefully when deciding whether to change the spousal tax deduction system.
Japan Times
JAPAN / CHUBU CONNECTION
Sep 19, 2016
App maker aims to revive wedding industry with virtual reality nuptials
A couple put on a pair of goggles and a wedding aisle appeared in front of them as flowers rained down.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Sep 16, 2016
In sexless Japan, almost half of single young men and women are virgins: survey
In a survey of young people, around 42 percent of the men and 44.2 percent of the women who responded said they'd never had sex.
EDITORIALS
Sep 10, 2016
The law and father-child relations
The Diet has been woefully lax in addressing outmoded provisions covering paternity and divorce.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Aug 26, 2016
U.N. program aims to collect data on domestic violence in Asia-Pacific region
Researcher Henriette Jansen was running a workshop in Southeast Asia on the best ways to survey women about domestic violence when one participant had an epiphany.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / FOREIGN AGENDA
Aug 24, 2016
Beyond silence: lessons learned from a Japanese spouse
You see it often in Tokyo: the attentive Japanese woman and the Western man filling silence. In fact, a lot of them end up married, sharing a house and 1,000 meals, albeit hardly a life of the mind.
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Aug 22, 2016
Koreans reluctant to get married, have children
South Koreans are likely to have fewer weddings and babies this year than ever before, part of a demographic shift that risks hobbling the nation's economy.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES
Aug 7, 2016
Separation may be a factor, but not a clincher, in divorce cases in Japan
'If I remain living abroad separated from my husband for a time, can I then come back and file for divorce without his consent?' asks a reader.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Jun 22, 2016
Fewer young Japanese inclined to wed, males cite low incomes: poll
The proportion of Japanese men in their 20s who want to marry has slumped, with many citing their income not meeting women's expectations as a reason not to tie the knot, think tank research showed.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES
Jun 19, 2016
How to block a nonconsensual 'divorce by consent' from abroad
'I am married to a Japanese male and am worried my husband might file a divorce notification paper without my knowledge,' writes a 'desperate' reader.
JAPAN
Jun 18, 2016
Japan's first lady, Akie Abe, speaks her own mind
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has outlasted those that scoffed at his return to power as leader of the conservative Liberal Democratic Party in 2012. And yet while the prime minister appears to have established himself as an increasingly dominant force in domestic politics over the past decade, the most...
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Jun 17, 2016
Pope's comments on modern marriage raise storm of criticism
Pope Francis has said the "great majority" of Catholic marriages being celebrated today are invalid because couples do not fully realize it is a lifetime commitment, drawing sharp criticism from Church conservatives.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 13, 2016
Sex versus gender in the U.S. bathroom case
North Carolina and the federal government have sharply different ideas about the acceptance of transgender people. But what about the legal stakes?

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