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What's the difference between 風俗 and 売春?
There is a distinct difference in Japanese law. The Prevention of Prostitution Law of 1956 (売春防止法) defines 売春 as "engaging in sexual intercourse with all and sundry [不特定の人］in return for reward or the ...
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What is the meaning of the characters ヨ・行ケ・ウ・行ウ・わ・ワ when written after the date?
The characters in brackets after the year are a special form of code which identifies a legal case as belonging to a particular category. The ヨ which you mention indicates that the case is a civil ...
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When was this Japanese standard and why this is so different from modern Japanese?
This is the Imperial Rescript on Education (教育に関する勅語) . Go to Wikipedia for an account of its origin and a translation. It's one of the foundational (if that's a word) documents of the Meiji regime. ...
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Count(s), as in the legal definition of count, in Japanese
I suppose it's 件.
For example, taking from here
Ａさんが罪に問われる可能性があるのは、5件の窃盗罪と、それぞれの窃盗で被害者宅の庭に侵入しているため、5件の住居侵入罪です
Likewise, 彼は2件の殺人について起訴された means He was charged with two counts of murder.
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What's the difference between 防止法 and 禁止法?
It's 禁止法, not 防止法. 防止 means prevention. You say 防止策 or 防止対策 (ways to prevent).
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Katakana Surnames
Maybe since 1985.
From here
ところが、この「日本的氏名を用いる」という規定は1980年の国籍法、戸籍法の改正に伴って削除された。読売新聞が87年6月に報じた「韓国姓への復姓認める 帰化二世が申し立て／京都家裁」という記事に、以下のような記述がある。
《六十年一月の国籍法、戸籍法改正で、法務省は「帰化許可申請の手引」にある「日本的氏名を用いる」という規定を削除、...
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