On Japanese De Facto Marriage

Japanese de facto marriage was born in the end of 19th century, after the issue and implement of Japanese Civil Law Code. The system of Japanese de facto marriage has been evolving as the social and legal development. From three aspects, the legal formation of de facto marriage protection, the important condition of the establishment of de facto marriage and the legal effects of de facto marriage, the system of de facto marriage in Japan is similar with China in some aspects, but there are great differences between them too.