Shouting for love

Audio: Justin McCurry in Tokyo meets the Japanese husbands declaring their love - with a microphone

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Never let it be said of the typical Japanese husband that he is a cold automaton who has become a stranger in his own home.

At least not of the 30 or so who turned out on a freezing evening in Tokyo's Hibiya park, cleared their throats and yelled ear-splitting pledges of undying love for their long-suffering kanai (literally, 'her indoors').