thejapantimes, 
A group of 12 people filed lawsuits on Friday with the district courts of Tokyo and Sapporo to contest the constitutionality of Japan's controversial requirement that married couples have the same surnames. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/03/08/japan/crime-legal/separate-surnames-lawsuit/ #japan #crimelegal #japanesecourts #marriage #keidanren #tokyo #nagano #hokkaido