Japan court rules couples must share name

Updated June 23 2021 - 10:36pm, first published 10:32pm
Debate about couples using different surnames has become a hot topic among Japan's politicians.
Debate about couples using different surnames has become a hot topic among Japan's politicians.

Japan's top court has thrown out a challenge by three couples who wanted to keep their own surnames after marriage, ruling that laws stipulating Japanese couples must choose one family name were constitutional, according to media reports.

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