Miyuki Shimoebisu, an associate professor at Tohoku University in Sendai, who has studied divorce settlements in Japan and the U.S. About half of all one-parent families in Japan live below the poverty line, according to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. (Bloomberg)
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nath
And there aren't mechanism for fathers to get child custody. Shouldn't have one without the other. System is broken all around.
nath
That's incorrect. While it's rare that fathers get custody, it does happen.
nath
When my employee got divorced he paid his wife a lump sum and agreed never to see her or his daughter again. While we in the West will always think our way is the best, the Japan approach attempts to avoid the mucky-muck and constant tension between parents after a divorce with kids, and encourages both parties to marry someone new, who will truly become the father (or mother) of the child, usually legally adopting him/her. Gotta say, the Japanese way is not so bad.
wtfjapan
And there aren't mechanism for fathers to get child custody. exactly why should i pay a mother to support a child i may never get to see,
turbotsat
Ex-PM Koizumi's third kid wants to see his dad but still frozen out, last I read. (His mom wants the kid to see the dad, too.)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koizumi_family
pointofview
Well...the Family Courts in North America are probably the most corrupt. Men are getting beat to the ground and women are living high on the hog. Not so sure the western way is all that great. Both systems are full of corruption and and judge and lawyer collusion.
FightingViking
Well I guess it was lucky I was not only "ready, willing and able" to work (because hubby had NO intention of making any kind of payment...) but the two boys were separated (which is the reason I stayed on in Japan) and that was pretty hard on all concerned...
lostrune2
Japan doesn't believe in shared parenting after divorce; instead prefer clean separation. Probably also less work/confusion for the koseki family registry system. So they don't give divorced families at least the option whether to continue shared parenting or opt for a complete break.
nath
@pointofview Not so sure the western way is all that great.
That is why it took international pressure for Japan to stop abducting children, right?
pointofview
@scipantheist,
In regards to abductions..Yes.