However, common-law couples in Japan face many legal limitations, such as ineligibility for certain public systems and rights. In common-law marriages in Japan, mothers in principle have sole ...

It’s been less than a decade since the first common-law partnership system was introduced in Japan. In the time since, hundreds of municipalities across the country have followed suit ...

(Kyodo) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Nearly 30 percent of people in common-law relationships in Japan have chosen not to marry because they do not want to change their own or their partner's last name ...

Six couples sued the Japanese government over a law that requires ... Ten plaintiffs — including legal and common law couples — filed suit on Friday in a Tokyo district court and one couple ...

Omura in Nagasaki is now the first known city in Japan to register a same-sex couple as common-law spouses on a residence certificate. On May 28 2024, 38-year-old Keita Matsuura and his partner ...

We have also established that a common-law marriage between couples will be ... Alongside the introduction of the Partnership System in Japan, we notified our employees about the issue of gender ...

Common law is a body of unwritten laws based on legal precedents established by the courts. Common law influences the decision-making process in unusual cases where the outcome cannot be ...