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Japanese women have long sacrificed their surnames in marriage − politics and demographics might change that
Conservative lawmakers decry a change of the surname rule in the Civil Code as an attack on traditional values and tie it to ...
Poll: Dual-name choice would prompt 580,000 to officially wed
Nearly 600,000 people in de facto marriages might officially wed if they were legally allowed to use separate family names, a ...
Japan opposition party submits selective surname bill for married couples
The Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan (CDP) submitted a bill to the House of Representatives April 30 to revise the ...
Japan surname law cited in 30% of common-law unions: survey
Nearly 30 percent of people in common-law relationships in Japan have chosen not to marry because they do not want to change ...
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Japanese women have long sacrificed their surnames in marriage − politics and demographics might change that
Since 1947, Japanese Civil Code has stipulated that all married couples must share a common surname. Although in theory that name could be that of the husband or wife, in practice it is almost ...
Bozeman Daily Chronicle14d
Japanese women have long sacrificed their surnames in marriage − politics and demographics might change that
Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. (THE CONVERSATION) For centuries, women entering marriage in Japan have been bound by the ...
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Editorial: Time for Japan to legalize separate surnames for married couples
The Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan (CDP) has submitted a bill to the House of Representatives to amend the Civil ...