Tokyo:
Japan’s major court on Wednesday threw out a challenge by 3 couples who wanted to hold their personal surnames immediately after marriage, ruling that laws stipulating Japanese couples should select one family name had been constitutional, media reported.
The couples had argued that the provisions had been discriminatory, pointing to expanding public assistance for permitting married folks to use diverse surnames.
Debate about permitting couples to use diverse surnames has turn into a hot subject amongst politicians immediately after Yoshihide Suga replaced Shinzo Abe, who is believed to have more conservative views on the problem, as prime minister last year.
While some lawmakers in the ruling coalition assistance permitting couples to choose on what names they will use, a conservative wing of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) has opposed it, saying such a step will harm family unity and go against tradition.
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