Japan ponders shared care, as Australians welcome the changes (LINK).
Japan’s justice ministry has proposed introducing joint parental custody, in what would be the first step towards reforming the country’s century-old system that has resulted in thousands of parents, including dozens of Australians, blocked from seeing their children.
Meanwhile the Australian Government are writing to abducted children in Japan who may not know they are Australian, advising them they can apply for an adult passport.
The 100-year-old Japanese law makes it quite legal to kidnap your own children. For more clarity on this distressing situation watch this video. (LINK)
Disappointingly this proposal will not apply to same sex couples. (LINK). In fact, Japan is the only G7 country where legal protection for same-sex unions does not, and has never, existed. However, the future is not as bleak as it appears. Some municipalities have introduced partnership certificates (LINK), while a recent survey found 57% of the population supported gay marriage and only 37% against. The support is much higher in younger people.
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