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Ascendants refer to direct blood relatives such as parents and grandparents.
Respecting ascendants is part of traditional Japanese family values.
In inheritance law, ascendants become preferential heirs.
In law, crimes against ascendants may be punished more severely.
The provision for parricide once existed in Japanese criminal law, but has now been abolished.
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