经济学人:日本家庭的阴暗面

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日本家庭生活的阴暗面。
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Satsuki Eda
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One such father, an ex-deputy mayor, describes the system as a conjugal version of the prisoner's dilemma. He says that when a marriage starts to break down, the unspoken question is: Who will seize the child first, the mum or the dad? In his case, she did. For two years he has had no contact with his four-year-old daughter, even his presents are returned unopened and all with the blessing of the family court. When he reminded the judge that the civil code had been changed to encourage visitation rights, the judge silenced him.
Satsuki Eda, who as justice minister last year pushed through the change in the civil code, says he hopes it will lead to more generous visitation rights. It may, he also hopes, one day lead to a serious consideration of joint custody. But, he cautions, judges are conservative, finding it "very difficult to change their minds".  And so, in a cruel twist, a country that has long sought redress for the past abduction of a few dozen citizens by the North Korean state tacitly supports vast numbers of abductions each year at home. "Many people in my situation commit suicide," the estranged father says. "I can understand the feeling."有这样一位父亲，他曾是副市长，他描述这样的制度好比是“囚徒的困境”之婚姻版。他说当婚姻开始破裂，不言而喻的问题：谁先带走孩子，妈妈还是爸爸？在他的例子中，妈妈带走了孩子。两年来，他和自己四岁的女儿没有任何接触，甚至他送给女儿的礼物也原封不动地退了回来，而这一切都得于家庭法庭的“祝福”。当他提醒法官民法已经改了，应支持探视权的时候，法官却让他住口。
作为司法部长，江田五月（Satsuki Eda）去年推动了民法的调整。他说他希望民法的调整将带来更慷慨的探视权。他同时希望有一天民 法可以认真考虑共同监护。但是，他提醒说法官都很保守，要想“改变他们的思想很不容易”。 所以，命运残酷扭转，一个过去长期对朝鲜人大量诱拐本国市民诉求赔偿的国家，却对国内每年大量的诱拐事件默默表示支持。“许多像我这种情况的人都自杀了”， 这位已经分居的父亲说，“我能够理解他们的心情。”