Question:
What are some controversies regarding Japanese culture/ traditions/ customs?
If you can kindly give a brief summary, that would be amazing! :)
What are some websites to learn about Japanese culture?
Answer:
In addition to whaling, another issue is Hague Convention.
More than 90% of child custody after divorce is taken by mother in Japan because there is strong value that "Mothers should raise children". There is little concept of joint custody.
Many Japanese mothers have "abducted" (That's how Western nations call it) their children to Japan after having a divorce with a foreign husband. But Japanese government have never joined or tried to join Hague Convention until recently.
Many Western nations have pressured Japan to join Hague Convention for years. Japanese government finally announced this spring that they are willing to join. But there's been little progress since then.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hague_Conve…
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