Is divorce legal in Japan?
Legal
Divorce is legal and generally available by mutual consent without fault.
Japan is one of 56 countries classified “Legal” for divorce — 55% of the 101 with data.
Source
- Taken from
- Wikipedia: Divorce law by country
- Last checked
- 15 September 2026
- How it was classified
- Read directly from the source’s own table, without interpretation.
Nearby countries
- South Korea
- Legal Divorce is legal and generally available by mutual consent without fault.
- North Korea
- Heavily restricted Divorce is restricted to fault-based grounds only in North Korea.
- Taiwan
- Legal Divorce is legal and generally available by mutual consent without fault.
- Philippines
- Not possible Divorce is not legally available.
- China
- Legal Divorce is legal and generally available by mutual consent without fault.
- Mongolia
- Legal Divorce is legal and generally available, including unilaterally without fault.
Other laws in Japan
- Same-Sex Marriage
- Not recognized
- Same-Sex Activity
- Legal
- Age of Consent
- 16–17
- Sex Work
- Decriminalized / unregulated
- Pornography
- Restricted
- Non-Binary Recognition
- Not recognized
- Same-Sex Adoption
- Limited (step-child / single)
- Incest Laws
- Legal between adults
- Marriage Age
- 18+
A visual reference compiled from Wikipedia’s law-by-country articles, not legal advice. Laws change and summaries simplify — check a primary source before relying on anything here.