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  2. Marriage in Japan - Wikipedia

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    The majority of Japanese people remain committed to traditional ideas of family, with a husband who provides financial support, a wife who works in the home, and two children. [ 34 ] [ 54 ] [ 55 ] Labor practices , such as long working hours , health insurance , and the national pension system , are premised on a traditional breadwinner model .

  3. Meoto Iwa - Wikipedia

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    An example of an oshimenawa is Tateishi in Futami Town, Ise City, Mie Prefecture.The large shimenawa rope connecting Tateishi and Nejiriwa, known as "husband and wife rocks," is believed to be the torii (gateway) to the offshore Kohtama Shrine stone, and is reattached three times a year in December (before the New Year), May, and September. [2]

  4. Husband and Wife (1953 film) - Wikipedia

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    Slant Magazine critic Keith Uhlich awarded Husband and Wife 3.5/4 stars, describing it as a "what if" scenario, specifically, "what if Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton were locked together in a room and forced to fight over Mary Pickford?", a parallel which becomes explicit in a scene where the protagonists visit a stage show reenactment of a Chaplin routine.

  5. International marriage (Japan) - Wikipedia

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    However, the rate of divorce varies depending on the gender of the spouse. For marriages involving a foreign husband and a Japanese wife, as of 2018, the divorce rate is 43%. This is considerably lower than the divorce rate for marriages involving a Japanese husband and a foreign wife, which is 53.7% [16]

  6. The Invisible Man and His Soon-to-Be Wife - Wikipedia

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    The Invisible Man and His Soon-to-Be Wife (透明男と人間女~そのうち夫婦になるふたり~, Tōmei Otoko to Ningen Onna: Sonouchi Fūfu ni Naru Futari) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Iwatobineko.

  7. Shinto wedding - Wikipedia

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    The wedding reflected a change in Meiji-era thinking about marriage, which had recently legally allowed for marriage to be a balanced partnership between husband and wife. [1] [4] An illustration of the first contemporary Shinto wedding ceremony, the 1900 marriage of Crown Prince Yoshihito and Princess Kujo Sadako.

  8. Tsuru no Ongaeshi - Wikipedia

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    Tsuru no Ongaeshi (鶴の恩返し, lit."Crane's Return of a Favor") is a story from Japanese folklore about a crane who returns a favor to a man. A variant of the story where a man marries the crane that returns the favor is known as Tsuru Nyōbō (鶴女房, "Crane Wife").

  9. Japanese honorifics - Wikipedia

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    Kāsan (母さん): when a man addresses his wife (the mother of their children). Tōsan (父さん): when a woman addresses her husband (the father of their children). Bāchan (祖母ちゃん): when children address their grandmother. Jiichan (祖父ちゃん): when children address their grandfather.