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• Japan Enacts Historic Family Law Overhaul with Launch of National Joint Custody System

  Published: Apr 2, 2026

  Section: Asia

  Japan has officially implemented a revised Civil Code, introducing a joint custody framework for divorcing couples for the first time in over a century. The new system allows paren...

• Japan Officially Implements Joint Child Custody Reform to Modernize Post-Divorce Parental Authority

  Published: Apr 1, 2026

  Section: Asia

  Effective April 1, 2026, Japan has revised its long standing civil laws to allow divorcing parents the option of joint child custody. The landmark shift ends a decades-old system o...

• Philadelphia Family Court Judge Arrested for Alleged Violent Assault of Wife and Daughter

  Published: Mar 11, 2026

  Section: Crime

  Michael Fanning, a 60-year-old Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas judge, was arrested Monday night following a domestic dispute at his Torresdale home. Prosecutors allege Fanning s...