At first I thought the idea of a "divorce ceremony" was yet another example of everyone's favorite tentacle porn authors just running it right out the other side of reason again. Then I read the article, and, well, there's a reason why the most ancient evidence we can find of human culture surrounds ceremonies. It salves something in the soul. And lord knows people need comfort during that particular time.

Of course, being Japan, they don't have to worry about one of the parties arriving armed, so I'm not at all sure how well it'd work out over here.