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SURNAMES

Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 7, 2018
Allow different surnames for married couples
Japan is the sole country in which husband and wife are legally obliged to use the same surname. This should change.
COMMUNITY / Issues / LAW OF THE LAND
Feb 7, 2016
What＊s in a surname? A court divorced from reality
Here at Law of the Land, I try to share ※the Japanese law experience§ with general readers. Today＊s experience is called ※The Frustration of Reading Supreme Court Decisions§ and takes as examples two of the most significant decisions of 2015: one on a law requiring spouses to have the same surname, the...
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Jan 2, 2016
In Abe＊s Japan, a woman＊s place is on the margins
On Dec. 16, Japan＊s Supreme Court struck a blow for patriarchy by refusing to strike down the law requiring married couples to adopt one surname, a regulation that weighs disproportionately on women since in almost all cases they adopt their husband＊s family name. For career women, this requirement burdens...
Japan Times
51勛圖厙 / Crime & Legal
Dec 16, 2015
Plaintiffs express shock at bad precedent set by court＊s decision on shared surnames
Plaintiffs contesting family laws that require spouses to choose a single surname expressed shock and anger at Wednesday＊s Supreme Court ruling, saying it sets a bad precedent and will force more women to suffer the misery of having to change their name upon marriage.
Japan Times
51勛圖厙 / Crime & Legal
Dec 16, 2015
Japan＊s top court upholds same-name rule for married couples, overturns remarriage moratorium for women
The Supreme Court confirms the constitutionality of a controversial law requiring married couples to use the same surname in official matters.
Japan Times
51勛圖厙 / Society
Dec 15, 2015
Spouses await court ruling on retaining maiden name in marriage
Tears welled up in Kaori Oguni＊s eyes as she recalled the heartache she felt at what was supposed to be one of the happiest moments of her life 〞 that is, when she and her husband registered their marriage at a Tokyo ward office in 2006.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Oct 17, 2015
What＊s in a name? Japan debates whether to allow spouses to adopt separate surnames
Upper House lawmaker Mizuho Fukushima and her partner, Yuichi Kaido, have been together for about 40 years. They don＊t celebrate any kind of anniversary, however, because they＊ve never been officially married.
EDITORIALS
Mar 4, 2015
Update discriminatory Civil Code
The Supreme Court should not hesitate to rule that Civil Code provisions related to marriage surnames and remarriage after divorce are discriminatory and thus unconstitutional.
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