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Racho vs. Tanaka

G.R. No. 199515 June 25, 2018

Case Digest

Facts:

Racho and Seiichi Tanaka were married on 2001 in Las Piñas City. Racho alleged that on 2009, Tanaka filed for divorce and it was granted. She secured a Divorce Certificate issued by Consul Takayama of the Japanese Consulate in the Philippines and had it authenticated by the DFA. 

She tried to have the Divorce Certificate registered with the Civil Registry of Manila but was refused since there was no court order recognizing it. When she went to DFA to renew her passport, she was likewise told that she needed the proper court order. She was also informed by the NSO that her divorce could only be annotated in the Certificate of Marriage if there was a court order capacitating her to remarry.

She filed a Petition for Judicial Determination and Declaration of Capacity to Marry before the RTC but the latter held that failed to prove that Tanaka legally obtained a divorce. Racho filed a Petition for Review on Certiorari with the SC but the latter deferred action on her Petition pending her submission of a duly authenticated acceptance certificate of the notification of divorce. On March 16, 2012, petitioner submitted her Compliance, attaching a duly authenticated Certificate of Acceptance of the Report of Divorce that she obtained in Japan.

Petitioner argues that under the Civil Code of Japan, a divorce by agreement becomes effective upon notification, whether oral or written, by both parties and by two or more witnesses. She contends that the Divorce Certificate stating “Acceptance Certification of Notification of Divorce issued by the Mayor of Fukaya City, Saitama Pref., Japan” is sufficient to prove that she and her husband have divorced by agreement and have already effected notification of the divorce. She insists that she is now legally capacitated to marry since Article 728 of the Civil Code of Japan states that a matrimonial relationship is terminated by divorce.

Issue:

Whether or not the Certificate of Acceptance of the Report of Divorce is sufficient to prove the fact that a divorce was validly obtained by Tanaka according to his national law.

Held:

YES. Under Article 26 of the Family Code, a divorce between a foreigner and a Filipino may be recognized in the Philippines as long as it was validly obtained according to the foreign spouse’s national law. The second paragraph provides that where a marriage between a Filipino citizen and a foreigner is validly celebrated and a divorce is thereafter validly obtained abroad by the alien spouse capacitating him or her to remarry, the Filipino spouse shall have capacity to remarry under Philippine law.

Courts do not take judicial notice of foreign laws and foreign judgments; thus, our laws require that the divorce decree and the national law of the foreign spouse must be pleaded and proved like any other fact before trial courts.

To prove the fact of divorce, petitioner presented the Divorce Certificate issued by Consul Takayama. This Certificate only certified that the divorce decree, or the Acceptance Certification of Notification of Divorce, exists. It is not the divorce decree itself. Upon appeal to this Court, however, petitioner submitted a Certificate of Acceptance of the Report of Divorce, certifying that the divorce has been accepted.

The Office of the Solicitor General, however, posits that divorce by agreement is not the divorce contemplated in Article 26 of the Family Code. In this particular instance, it is the Filipina spouse who bears the burden of this narrow interpretation, which may be unconstitutional. Article II, Section 14 of our Constitution provides that State recognizes the role of women in nation-building, and shall ensure the fundamental equality before the law of women and men. Thus, Article 26 should be interpreted to mean that it is irrelevant for courts to determine if it is the foreign spouse that procures the divorce abroad. Once a divorce decree is issued, the divorce becomes “validly obtained” and capacitates the foreign spouse to marry. The same status should be given to the Filipino spouse.

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April 2001 JAPAN Saitama Fukaya

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Daily life and every small thing is the gate to the universe ：）

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深谷 唐沢川桜堤 por かがみ～ Por Flickr: Karasawa River in Fukaya

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深谷 唐沢川桜堤 by かがみ～

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Tokyo : A city of contrasting beauty

Tokyo is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan,  and is both the capital and largest city of Japan. The Greater Tokyo Area is the most populous metropolitan area in the world. It is the seat of the Emperor of Japan and the Japanese government. Tokyo is in the Kantō region on the southeastern side of the main island Honshu and includes the Izu Islands and Ogasawara Islands.  Formerly known as Edo, it has been the de facto seat of government since 1603 when Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu made the city his headquarters. It officially became the capital after Emperor Meiji moved his seat to the city from the old capital of Kyoto in 1868; at that time Edo was renamed Tokyo.  

Tokyo is often referred to and thought of as a city, but is officially known and governed as a "metropolitan prefecture", which differs from and combines elements of both a city and a prefecture; a characteristic unique to Tokyo. The Tokyo metropolitan government administers the 23 Special Wards of Tokyo (each governed as an individual city), which cover the area that was formerly the City of Tokyo before it merged and became the subsequent metropolitan prefecture in 1943. The metropolitan government also administers 39 municipalities in the western part of the prefecture and the two outlying island chains. The population of the special wards is over 9 million people, with the total population of the prefecture exceeding 13 million. The prefecture is part of the world's most populous metropolitan area with upwards of 37.8 million people and the world's largest urban agglomeration economy. The city hosts 51 of the Fortune Global 500 companies, the highest number of any city in the world. Tokyo ranked third in the International Financial Centres Development IndexEdit. The city is also home to various television networks like Fuji TV, Tokyo MX, TV Tokyo, TV Asahi, Nippon Television and the Tokyo Broadcasting System.

Tokyo ranked third in the Global Economic Power Index and fourth in the Global Cities Index. The city is considered an alpha+ world city—as listed by the GaWC's 2008 inventory —and in 2014, Tokyo was ranked first in the "Best overall experience" category of TripAdvisor's World City Survey (the city also ranked first in the following categories: "Helpfulness of locals", "Nightlife", "Shopping", "Local public transportation" and "Cleanliness of streets").  In 2013, Tokyo was named the third most expensive city for expatriates, according to the Mercer consulting firm,[12] and the world's most expensive city, according to the Economist Intelligence Unit's cost-of-living survey. In 2015 Tokyo was named the Most Liveable City in the world by the magazine Monocle. The Michelin Guide has awarded Tokyo by far the most Michelin stars of any city in the world. Tokyo hosted the 1964 Summer Olympics, the 1979 G-7 summit, the 1986 G-7 summit, and the 1993 G-7 summit. Tokyo will host the 2020 Summer Olympics and the 2020 Summer Paralympics.

A man sits on the stairs at the underpass of an office building in Tokyo.

A man in soiled business clothes leans in the corner of a subway underpass in Tokyo.

Homeless people take shelter on an underpass at a station in Tokyo.

A policeman stands guard at an entrance to the health ministry which is connected to a subway station, in Tokyo. 

A man takes a nap on a platform of a subway station in Tokyo.

A construction worker descends on an escalator at a subway station in a banking district in central Tokyo. 

People ride on escalators at a subway station in Tokyo.

A station worker looks at posters of disputed islands known as Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China, made by the Tokyo metropolitan government at a subway station in Tokyo September 13, 2012. The sentence on top of the poster reads, "We are being called on to have the courage to say that this island is Japanese territory." 

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【キャラクターからの年賀状】

左：ふっかちゃん（埼玉県深谷市） 右：ぐんまちゃん（群馬県）

どちらも安定の人気キャラ。 ちなみに、群馬県にも下仁田ネギという有名なネギがありますね。

New year cards.

“Fukka-chan“ Fukaya city in Saitama. “Gunma-chan“ Gunma prefecture, Japan.

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HAPPY NEW YEAR! 明けましておめでとうございます。 #newyearseve #happynewyear2018 #newyear2018 #newyear #2018 #デコトラ #dekotora #airhorn #countdown #japan #新年 #あけおめ #あけましておめでとうございます #明けましておめでとうございます #平成30年 (at Fukaya, Saitama)

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Mascot Research - Japanese, Olympic and Other

Japanese Mascots:

Pop Culture in Modern Japan is all about the cute, unique and crazy. This interest is perfectly encapsulated by Japan's recent obsession of the last few years and that would be mascots. While in the West mascots would generally be reserved for sports or maybe brand promotion, the mascots known as Yuru-kyara in Japan have a much larger scope, to the point that most things have it's own mascot; Hospitals, Charities, religions and even different branches of the military have their own mascots.

Mascots in Japan are commonly very cute and simplistic, though there are some exceptions to this, there are a few that are extremely creepy and/or rather complex. A common theme amongst the mascots are food and plants that are related to Japan itself, many of them are also cutesy and stylised animals.

Notable Mascots:

Domo-kun: Domo-kun is the mascot of Japan's largest broadcasting organisation: NHK. He first appeared for the first time in 1998 in short stop-motion sketches on stations and on TV and has been popular ever since.

Kumamon: Kumamon is the primary mascot for the prefecture Kumamoto which is located in the south of Japan. Kumamon became a popular character in 2010 when promoting the Kyushu bullet train, the next year Kumamon won the yuru-grand prix and despite all of this, he is bizarrely creepy.

Fukka-chan: This is probably my favourite, they're adorable and shows one of the bizarre aspects of Japanese mascots. Fukka-chan is the symbol of Fukaya city in Saitama, representing the city's leek production.

Kanitori-kun: Kanitori-kun is a three-eyes hybrid of a bird and a king crab and a mascot of the Kaike Grand Hotel in Tottori prefecture.

2020 Olympics:

Given that the Olympics this year is taking place in Tokyo, it's fitting that the Olympics’ mascot for 2020 has a very cutesy, anime design. Thankfully the Tokyo 2020 website has a rather informative description of the mascots and their origins.

Miraitowa: The Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games mascot is styled with the Ai (indigo blue) Ichimatsu pattern from the Tokyo 2020 Games emblem, a tribute to both the respected tradition and modern innovation of Japanese culture. Miraitowa has a personality inspired by the Japanese proverb, “learn from the past and develop new ideas”. Miraitowa is cheerful and remarkably athletic, and also has a very strong sense of integrity. It has a special power to instantly teleport anywhere it wants. The name MIRAITOWA is based on the Japanese words "mirai", meaning “future”, and "towa", meaning “eternity”, and represents the wish that through the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, a future of everlasting hope will carry on in the hearts of everyone around the world.

Someity: The Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games mascot, with its mighty powers and cherry blossom tactile sensors, is quite a cool character. Someity can use the sensors on the sides of its head for telepathic powers, fly using its Ichimatsu-pattern cape, and even move objects without touching them. Someity has a calm and quiet presence, guided by great inner strength, but can display superpowers that embody the toughness and determination of the Paralympic athletes. Someity loves being in nature, and can communicate with natural elements, such as stones and the wind. The name SOMEITY comes from "Someiyoshino", a popular type of cherry blossom, and the phrase "so mighty". Someity can show enormous mental and physical strength and represents Paralympic athletes who overcome obstacles and redefine the boundaries of possibility.

Previous Olympics:

Most of the mascots of previous Olympics follow general rules of a mascot, like being simple and memorable. Again, being cutesy seems to be a priority in the design, with a lot of animal centric designs with large eyes and morphed body proportions.

London 2012: This guy's name is Wenlock, created by Iris design agency and he takes his name from the town of Much Wenlock in Shropshire, which hosts the traditional Much Wenlock Games. Apparently, these games awere one of Pierre de Coubertin's sources of inspiration for the modern Olympic Games. According to the story by Michael Morpurgo, Wenlocks's metallic look is explained by the fact that he was made from the last drop of steel used to build London's Olympic Stadium.

Grenoble 1968: "Shuss" was the name given to this mascot by the agency commissioned by the Organising Committee to advertise these Games. Shush is apparently a little man on skis in the position to which his name suggests, the top of his large two-coloured head, which rests on a unique zig-zag flash shaped foot generally features the Olympic rings. This interesting character was created by Aline Lafargue.

PyeongChang 2018: Soohorang is the mascot of the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter Games and is a stylised white tiger, mostly likely chosen because the white tiger has long been considered Korea's guardian animal. “Sooho”, meaning protection in Korean, symbolises the protection offered to the athletes, spectators and other participants of the 2018 Games. “Rang” comes from the middle letter of “Ho-rang-i”, the Korean word for “tiger,” and is also the last letter of “Jeong-seon A-ri-rang”, a cherished traditional folk song of Gangwon Province, where the Games will be held.

Beijing 2008: Beijing in fact had five mascots, all of them corresponding with the natural elements and, apart from Huanhua, with four popular animals in China. Each mascot also represents the colour of one of the five Olympic rings. Each also bears a wish, it was traditional in ancient Chinese culture to transmit wishes through signs or symbols. Each name of the mascots rhymes by repeating the same syllable: a traditional Chinese way of showing affection to children. Linking the five names forms the sentence "Welcome to Beijing" (Bei Jing Huan Ying Ni). The mascots form the "Fuwa", which translates as "good-luck dolls". Their creator is Han Meilin.

Beibei the fish is a reference to the element of water. She is blue and her wish is prosperity. The waves on her head are based on a design in traditional Chinese painting.

Jingjing the panda represents the forest. He is black and his wish is happiness. Porcelain paintings from the Song dynasty (960-1279 AD) were the inspiration for the lotus flowers on his head.

Yingying, the Tibetan antelope, represents earth. He is yellow and his wish is good health. Decorative elements from Western China appear on his head.

Nini, the swallow, represents the sky. She is green and her wish is good luck. Her design is inspired by those on Chinese kites. Swallow is pronounced “Yan” in Chinese, and an ancient name for Beijing was “Yanjing”.

Huanhuan is a child of fire. He is red and transmits the passion of sport as well as symbolises the Olympic flame and spirit. Dunhuang grotto art inspired the decoration on his head, together with certain traditional good-luck designs.

Mascots From Other Countries:

Bill the Goat: Bill is the mascot for the United States Naval Academy. The mascot exists in two forms, a live goat and represented by a costumed midshipman. There is also a bronze statue of the goat in the north end of the Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium. In both iterations of the mascot wears the colours of the Naval Academy which are blue and yellow, also the costumed variant of the mascot is highly characterised and the designer clearly tried their best to make it cute which is odd given that Bill is a mascot of a branch of the American Military.

Kingsley: This is the mascot for the Scottish Football Club “Partick Thistle” and was designed by a Turner Prize-nominated artist (Somehow) artist named David Shrigley. Kingsley succeeded Jaggy MacBee, a bumble bee who had been the club’s mascot from 2011 to 2015 as part of the club’s sponsorship with MacB. The creator said that he was designed to represent “the angst of football fans” and I assume therefore the mascot’s design is rather crude and “scary”.

Michelin Man: Bibendum or otherwise known as The Michelin Man is the mascot of a French tyre company Michelin and has been around since the Lyon Exhibition of 1894 where the Michelin brothers had a stand and is one of the world’s oldest trademarks. The idea for the mascots came from when the Michelin brothers noticed a stack of tyres that appeared to them like a man without arms; a few years later they met a French cartoonist that eventually brought the mascot to life. The mascot concept hasn’t changed too much, it’s still a humanoid figure made out of tyre’s, but over the years the design has lost a lot of the creepy elements that it had in the original poster and has become much more approachable with proportions closer to an actual humans as well as other small details like a cartoon face. From 1912 onward, tyre became black when they added carbon as a preservative and a strengthener, in response to this the Michelin man had a short stint of being black instead of white, though his design was quickly turned back due to printing and aesthetic issues. Despite his more modern design.

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埼玉県農林公園には美味しいお店も。 石窯焼きピザ金太郎さんは、地粉の生地に園内野菜を載せた石窯焼きピザで、めちゃウマ！特にはちみつ&チーズピザは忘れられない味！(写真のピザはチーズ増量してます) ちちぶ路サイダーもさっぱりして美味しかったー。 手打ちうどん咲楽屋さんのうどんもコシがあり美味！地元野菜の天ぷらも良かったです。 ジェラート工房四つ葉のクローバーさんのジェラート。ハチミツ&クルミを食べたけど、これまたうまうま！ハチミツも地場産なんですって！ 直売所には野菜や果物や飲み物がたくさん。「うしのちち」てそのままの名前の牛乳が！県民だけど初見やわ（笑） #ピザ #pizza # #ジェラード #gelato #italianstyleicecream #ジェラート工房四つ葉のクローバー #japanesefood #udon #うどん #咲楽屋 #手打ちうどん咲楽 #tempura #tenpura #japan #insta #instagood #instadaily #instagram #埼玉県農林公園 #埼玉県 #深谷市 #saitama #fukayacity #fukaya https://www.instagram.com/p/BzA7a7LJHZa/?igshid=ehjkw7mg8d4q

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In Tokyo kann man an vielen Stationen Pokemon Stempel sammeln. Mussten uns anstellen um welche zu bekommen (≧▽≦) Es geht gleich weiter nach Nagano. 。 。 。 。 。 #japanreise #japan #künstlerleben #künstler #artist #artistlife #traveldiary #reisetagebuch #skizzenbuch #inkart #pokemon #maximkoart #maximsimonenko (hier: Fukaya, Saitama)

[gotouchichara]

It’s been nearly a month since I received my only other new year’s postcard reply, so I had pretty much given up hope. Then this appeared in the post today - a postcard from Fukkachan (Fukaya, Saitama). 

Fukkachan received over 4,500 cards this year according to last reports, and most people in Japan received responses around 5 weeks ago. I don’t know what kind of postal purgatory my card was in, but it got to Fukaya eventually! I guess there’s still hope for the other 3 cards I sent.

The card also has some good deals for a Fukaya swimming pool…

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