Moeka Iida
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279 appearances
5 recordings
1 series
first heard Jun 2026
last heard 22 Jul
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The idea is that when two people get divorced and say the man leaves and gets remarried and forms a new family, he should just stay in this new family and he should have nothing to do with the old family.
To borrow the words of Miss Shibahashi, the divorce mother I mentioned earlier, she said that.
When an ex-spouse leaves the house, they're often treated as if they had died.
This clean break seems to have been characteristic of divorce in Japan, but I think a lot of people have started to question that over the years.
Estranged fathers campaigning for the right to see their children.
There was even a French man who had divorced a Japanese woman who staged a hunger strike because he didn't have the right to see his children.
I think there has been major shifts in family dynamics in Japan.
Men are playing a bigger role at home and are therefore more involved in the children's life.
So I think that's why we've started to see more advocacy.
Interestingly, it has also faced some intense backlash as well, but I still do think the law is a move in the right direction.
Thank you so much for having me, Rosie.
The Intelligence from The Economist · Missing peace: will Israel imperil Iran deal? · 24 Jun 2026
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At the beginning of this year, when Emperor Narohito and the royal family stepped onto a balcony at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo, they were met by tens of thousands of visitors, waving Japanese flags and cheering.
But it was Aiko or Princess Toshi who made the crowd swoon.
Some people in the crowd shouted her name, and they were holding fans with her name written on them.
Like you would see at a concert of a pop idol.
Aiko's now 24 years old, and she's one of Japan's most beloved royals.
She's also the emperor's only child.
But despite her popularity, Aiko can never inherit the throne.
Succession is restricted to men and only passed through the male line.
That's becoming an existential problem for Japan's imperial family, which is the oldest hereditary dynasty in the world.
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