US EditionDual Surnames for Married Couples in Focus Ahead of Japan Poll
JAPAN, JUL 09 – The smartphone system aims to increase voter awareness on candidates' stances for human rights issues, with data linked to nationwide surveys for the July 20 election.
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Poll: 7% of LDP candidates favor dual-surname law for couples | The Asahi Shimbun Asia & Japan Watch
Only 7 percent of candidates backed by the ruling Liberal Democratic Party in the Upper House election support legal revisions that would allow married couples to take separate surnames, a survey showed.
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Mainichi ShimbunSame-sex marriage, surname support get Japan election tech leg-up
Voters in Japan now can find out whether candidates support same-sex marriage and separate surnames for married couples by simply pointing a smartphone camera at campaign posters for the upcoming national upper house election.
Ahead of the House of Councillors election on Sunday, July 20th, we asked Professor Yashiro Okano of Doshisha University, who studies politics, feminism, and care, to answer a number of questions related to the election. If you don't understand politics or elections well, "the first thing to do is complain" -- she gives us some "hints" for voting while unraveling the background to the exclusion of women from the political arena.
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