Women still wait to remarry

Japanese women still face a 100-day wait before they can remarry following legal changes approved on Tuesday by the Cabinet, a move condemned as discriminatory by a UN rights group.

The approval, from conservative Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's administration on International Women's Day, came after Japan's Supreme Court ruled in December that the six-month waiting period for women to remarry after divorce was excessive and should be reduced to 100 days.

The revision will be submitted to Parliament for approval.