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I follow how there can be liability, but unless the families are co-signing how can they be liable? It is highly likely that the parents were "guarantors" (保証人
by patio11 11y ago
I follow how there can be liability, but unless the families are co-signing how can they be liable?
It is highly likely that the parents were "guarantors" (保証人) for their children, which is standard practice here. This is similar to the US concept of co-signing. Also, socially speaking, "my adult child caused trouble for you implies I have a responsibility to you" is something that more than 90% of Japanese people would strongly agree to.
- rmason 11y agoCurious, can you specifically search for suicide apartments? If I could save 30-40% with the high cost of living in Japan that is where I would want to live.
- krapp 11y agoThere is a related post at the bottom of the linked article about exactly that.
- arielweisberg 11y agoThat is an unfortunate way to structure things.