How does divorce work in Japan?

[Angela Chong]

There wasn't any discussion at all of divorce in the sessions and I wonder if it's not very common? Since husbands tend to work a lot and the wife tends to the home and the children, perhaps they simply coexist and don't find it to be necessary? I'm sure it depends on how much support a woman would receive if she divorces her husband? You're right that divorce is somewhat of a privilege that we in the United States are used to, but it's not the case everywhere. I would think if it does happen that women retain custody of the children, simply becuase they are the primary caregivers.