A Japanese company is offering its empty apartments to couples in trouble due to the stress caused by closures due to the Coronavirus, as a means of separation and each party getting some time alone.
We ask customers to consult us before contemplating a divorce from the Coruna virus, said Tokyo-based Kazuko.
It offers fully furnished units as temporary havens for people to flee the family, whether for work or just to have some peace and quiet.
The Japanese government declared a state of emergency in seven regions due to the outbreak of the virus.
However, the procedures do not include an exit ban, residents were asked to avoid unnecessary exit, schools were closed, and a large number of employees worked from their homes.
For people who find this measure stressful, Kazuko offers apartments for 4,400 yen ($ 40) a day.
Kazuko has had 20 clients since the campaign was launched on April 3, company spokesman Kusuke Amano told AFP.
The service also includes a free 30-minute consultation for divorce with a legal official.
Among the people who resorted to this service was a woman who said that she had fled after a great fight with her husband, and another who said that she wanted to get some time for herself because she was tired of taking care of her children who were at home all day because of the closing of the school while her husband worked remotely from home.
He continued, We do not have much data that shows that divorce is increasing, but media reports indicate that divorce rates are rising in China and Russia after the closing procedures, which led us to come to innovate this service.
While the company comically marketed apartments, the service also attracted users who faced serious problems, including a woman who fled domestic violence.
The company has about 500 units across the country, especially in central Tokyo, and the decline in tourism means that many of them have become vacant, but the demand for remote offices to work remotely helps to compensate for the shortage.
This campaign comes with the spread of the #Koruna Divorce (Corona Divorce) tag on the Japanese Twitter application. Public Radio NHK is dedicated to providing morning advice on avoiding the frustration that might lead to divorce while husbands are often trapped inside tight apartments.
Despite a large number of highly educated women, Japan ranked 121 out of 153 countries in the gender gap index at the World Economic Forum for 2020, mainly due to poor political representation of women.
The traditional gender roles remain deeply rooted in Japanese society, and women are still often expected to take the primary responsibility of women - childcare and care for housework, even while continuing their professional work.
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