Japan Diet Begins Debate on Dual Surname Bill for 1st Time in 28 Yrs

Diet Panel Starts Deliberations on Dual Surname Bills

Tokyo (Jiji Press) — A committee of the House of Representatives on Friday began deliberations on three bills submitted by opposition parties related to a selective dual surname system for married couples.

Diet begins debate on dual surname bill for 1st time in 28 years

The Diet on Friday began its first deliberations in 28 years on legislation that would give married couples the option of keeping different surnames. The passage of any of the three bills submitted separately by three opposition parties, however, looks unlikely during the current Diet session through late June, despite…

Japan Diet begins debate on dual surname bill for 1st time in 28 yrs

Japan's parliament on Friday began its first deliberations in 28 years on legislation that would give married couples the option of keeping different surnames.

[NHK] The purpose of the bills submitted by the Constitutional Democratic Party, the Japan Restoration Party, and the Democratic Party for the People regarding optional separate surnames for married couples was explained at the House of Representatives Judicial Affairs Committee on the 30th...

The House of Representatives' Judicial Affairs Committee began deliberations on the 30th on a proposed amendment to the Civil Code to introduce a selective system of separate surnames for married couples, submitted by the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan. The committee will also deliberate on the proposed amendment to the Civil Code submitted by the Democratic Party for the People and the proposed amendment to the Family Register Act sub…