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Japan, Tokyo – An age-old practice fairly common in many Western countries is now gaining a foothold in Japan, with more and more people insisting on drawing up prenuptial agreements to ensure they are protected should their marriage end badly.
In Japan, formalizing the do’s and don’ts of married life or how assets are to be split in a breakup has largely been viewed as dooming the marriage to fail, with any discussion of the already taboo topic of divorce a cultural no-no.
But with as many as 200,000 divorces occurring each year, Japanese couples have increasingly begun to arrange “prenups” to hedge against any doubts they have about their partner and to ensure certain values and details are clearly stated before they take the plunge.
Many women worry about their partners’ unfaithfulness or problems with debt, while men who request the service tend to want to protect assets they have accumulated.
Source and full English article: The Mainichi
https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20190216/p2g/00m/0fe/056000c
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