What's in a Japanese name? | Yukari Peerless | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk

Last week, five people in Japan launched a lawsuit against the Japanese government claiming that a civil law forcing them to choose a single surname after marriage violates their constitutional rights. In Japan, you currently cannot legally marry and have a separate surname from your spouse; only one surname is allowed per married couple. What this means is that women overwhelmingly adopt their hu

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"Japan is a very bureaucratic country. Changing a family name involves a lot of tedious paperwork." 夫婦別姓をめぐる英国 The Guardian の記事。