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Joint custody might become more common in Japan - but family advocates say the country should do more to protect women and children before changing the law. Recently, I wrote a little about why joint custody in Japan is rare. By law and precedent, Japan grants legal custody (parental rights, or 親権; shinken) to a single parent after divorce. In practice, this means that one parent – usually the non