https://www.scmp.com/rss/327963/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Shuichi was 30 years old and working as a systems engineer at a technology company in the Japanese capital of Tokyo when he was diagnosed with sarcoi­dosis, an inflammatory disease that triggers growths in the body’s major organs. He had been married for a year and, given that his illness left him bedridden most days and unable to work, he did what he thought was the honourable thing and offered his wife, Kiyoko, a divorce. “She reprimanded me and said, ‘I will go out to work and earn. You can... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/long-reads/article/2155973/japan-rise-house-husband-redraws-established?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/long-reads/article/2155973/japan-rise-house-husband-redraws-established?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 20 Jul 2018 01:30:45 +0000