Nearly 30 percent of people in common-law relationships in Japan have chosen not to marry because they do not want to change ...

However, common-law couples in Japan face many legal limitations, such as ineligibility for certain public systems and rights ...

Same-sex couples in Japan do not have the same legal status as opposite-sex couples in common-law marriages. The internal affairs ministry, which has jurisdiction over the basic resident ...

International Journal of the Commons, Vol. 15, No. 1 (2021), pp. 259-275 (17 pages) Commons studies have emphasized the importance of customary rights and informal institutions, arguing that if there ...