Revised Civil Code - Kaiseiminpo

Japanese: 改正民法 - かいせいみんぽう
Revised Civil Code - Kaiseiminpo

...This abolished the provisions regarding the "family" and the provisions that stipulated inequality between men and women. This was succeeded by the "Law to Partially Revise the Civil Code," which was enacted on December 22, 1947 and came into effect on January 1 of the following year, i.e., the current revised Civil Code, which remains in place to this day. However, the revision faced strong resistance from scholars and politicians who advocated "respect for family life," and as a result of compromise, there are still provisions that can be considered vestiges of the idea of ​​the "family" system, such as Article 730, which stipulates the obligation to help each other among relatives, and Article 897, which stipulates the special inheritance (ritual property) of ritual implements, etc.

*Some of the terminology referenced in the "Revised Civil Code" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…これによって〈家〉に関する規定と男女間の不平等について定めた規定が廃止されたのである。これが,47年12月22日に成立し,翌年1月1日から施行された〈民法の一部を改正する法律〉,すなわち現行の改正民法に継承され,今日に至っているのである。しかし,改正に際しては〈家族生活の尊重〉を説く学者・政治家から強い抵抗があり,それとの妥協の結果として,親族間の扶(たす)け合い義務を定めた730条や祭具などの特別承継(祭祀財産)を規定した897条のように,〈家〉制度的観念のなごりと考えられるような規定も現存している。…

※「改正民法」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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