
Why Japanese Women Can't Re-marry soon after Divorce (but Men can)
Abroad in Japan
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Women's Rights in Japan
Women are prohibited under Japanese law from remarrying within 100 days of a divorce. The thinking is that if a woman quickly remarries and then has a child, it might cause confusion as to who the biological father is. It also fails to cover the possibility that a woman might get married and not have a child soon after. There's always some daftass who insists on kind of arguing the toss and saying, no, I think I actually should stay the way it is for this reason.
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