A civil lawsuit alleging racial profiling by Japanese police began with testimony from plaintiffs on Monday. The lawsuit, filed by three residents of Japan, alleges that they were frequently stopped ...

Efforts to improve protocols have been spurred after a Japanese Coast Guard aircraft entered the runway while an Airbus A350 was landing. Credit: Japan Transport Safety Board Japan's parliament passed ...

Japan's parliament has passed a revision to the civil code allowing divorced parents the option of joint child custody. This is the first change to custody rights in decades and will take effect by ...

Japan took another step towards family law reform on 29 August 2023 when a Ministry of Justice subcommittee published an outline recommending several changes to decades-old civil codes. The Family Law ...

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