The Australian couple plan to restore the property in the coming years as they transition into retirement. They say that integrating into the local community is a crucial part of being a homeowner in ...

Women's rights advocates in Japan have struggled for decades for the right of married couples to have different last names. Japan is the only country where they're required to use one surname, which ...

For about five decades, Catholic priests in Japan have conducted wedding ceremonies for couples neither of whom is Christian and who have no connection with the Church besides asking for the ceremony.

Deborah and Jason Brawn's shared dream was to buy a house in Japan. The couple — from Brisbane, Australia — had long been interested in Japanese culture and its way of life, having visited the country ...

Japan is the only nation where married couples must use the same surname. Critics say it violates women's rights and, unless the rule is scrapped, all Japanese could be surnamed Sato in 500 years.