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The sight of two dozen or so men, all in cutaway coats, standing side by side on the stairs of the prime ministers office seemed bizarre.

The Ministry of Gender Equality and Family has changed its position on recognizing common-law marriage and cohabitating households as legal families. The liberal opposition Democratic Party of Korea proposed an amendment recently to the Framework Act on Healthy Families, aiming to delete a clause in the act that defines family as a “unit formed by marriage, blood ties and adoption.” However, the ministry submitted its opinion to the National Assembly last week, saying that the act “needs t...

The Tokyo Nutrition for Growth (N4G) Summit 2021 is taking place on Tuesday and Wednesday under the auspices of the Japanese government. The summit builds

Русский INTERVIEWER  Japan’s Fourth Basic Plan for Space Policy over the next decade was announced in the summer of 2020. What direction will Japan be taking in its space activities? MATSUI TAKAFUMI  I have been involved in Japan’s space policy since before the current Committee on National Space Policy took shape. This committee was formed under the auspices of the Cabinet Office after the 2012 abolishment of the Space Activities Commission in the Ministry of Education, Culture, S...

news Editorial: Why is LDP backtracking on separate surnames for Japanese married couples? The Mainichi © The Mainichi It appears that moves to allow married Japanese couples to retain different surnames upon marriage are taking a step back, as the government is set to tone down references to such a move in its Fifth Basic Plan for Gender Equality. Seiko Hashimoto, minister of state for gender equality, had indicated she intended to include forward-looking proposals in the pla...