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Separate Surnames for Couples: A Challenge to Japan’s Family System? Japan's legal framework is designed around the koseki (family registry) system, which records households under a unified surname Under Japan's Civil Code, married couples must adopt a single shared surname — either the husband's or the wife's
Japan sorely needs separate surnames - East Asia Forum In Japan, it is not historically customary for spouses to share the same surname The legal use of separated surnames traces back to the establishment of rules governing the surnames of married couples in the Japanese Civil Code of 1876
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
Japanese Couples File Lawsuit Over Controversial Surname Law S ix couples sued the Japanese government over a law that requires married spouses to have the same surname, the latest legal challenge against a century-old custom that many argue perpetuates
Japan sorely needs separate surnames | Crawford School of Public Policy In Japan, it is not historically customary for spouses to share the same surname The legal use of separated surnames traces back to the establishment of rules governing the surnames of married couples in the Japanese Civil Code of 1876