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Japan’s civil war over surnames - The Economist Asia June 28th 2025 →A big mistake by Bangladesh →India gets no favours from Trump Asia’s disgraced saint Japan’s civil war over surnames →A surprise East Asian love-in
Japan sorely needs separate surnames | Crawford School of . . . Nationalism underlies the emotional resistance to the option of separate surnames for spouses Though the legal compulsion to take on the husband’s surname was removed in the 1947 Amendment to the Civil Code after World War Two, the system of spousal surnames being the same has persisted
Japans PM race: Old problems, new faces, and a 30-year . . . The debate over surnames has twice reached Japan’s Supreme Court, where justices ruled that Parliament should decide the issue Another case is currently being heard in district courts in Tokyo and Sapporo Advocates for change, like 56-year-old plaintiff Yukari Uchiyama, see the law as a denial of fundamental rights
Japans Civil War Over Surnames - Slashdot Japanese politicians failed to pass legislation last month that would have allowed married couples to keep separate surnames, despite surveys showing majority public support for the change Japan remains the only country requiring married couples by law to share the same surname, with women taking t