In recent decades, same-sex marriage has become legal in many countries, including the United States, Canada and parts of Europe. In Japan — starting with Tokyo's Shibuya and Setagaya wards in November 2015 — municipal governments have begun issuing certificates that recognize same-sex unions as ...
With so much at stake, it's no wonder distribution companies pour so much thought into coming up with workable, attractive Japanese titles for their films.
The Japanese suck at this thing called love, and no amount of Valentine's Day chocolate is going to fix that.
An increasing number of Japanese, especially women, are choosing to terminate legal relations with in-laws after the death of a spouse. With Japan's graying society leaving more and more elderly requiring nursing care, the decision to break ties is becoming more prevalent as surviving spouses ...
Americans have found a mean-spirited, tongue-in-cheek way to get even when a relationship turns bad — send a tweet saying they hope President-elect Donald Trump does not deport their ex, but revealing their undocumented status and even their home address. "I hope Donald Trump doesn't ...
With LGBT relationships starting to be recognized by authorities, questions are now being asked about whether such couples should have children.
Although traditionally seen as conductors of funerals or memorial services, some Buddhist monks in Japan are carving out a new niche as matchmakers for singles looking to marry. In a country where an increasing number of people are marrying relatively late in life or not ...
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.
Introducing the adverb せっかく, which is used in a variety of ways to express the speaker's feelings about things.
A court fines a mother on the run from an abusive husband for not registering her daughter's birth for more than 30 years, illustrating the struggle facing people without a koseki family registration.
This is an excerpt from an interview with a salaryman who wishes to remain anonymous.
It's spring and love should be in the air. But it's a bad, bad time to be out there in the dating scene.
