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Japan’s Top Court Upholds Law Requiring Spouses to Share Surname

One justice said the law did not impose an undue burden on women partly because they could continue using their maiden names in their professional lives. [Source]

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Origin: nytimes.com

Category: Suits and Litigation (Civil)

Topics: lives, professional, names, maiden, using, continue, could, because, partly, women, burden, undue, impose, justice, Surname, Share, Spouses, Requiring, Upholds, Court, Japan’s

Source: http://rss.nytimes.com/c/34625/f/640350/s/4c45eb05/sc/13/l/0L0Snytimes0N0C20A150C120C170Cworld0Casia0Cjapan0Ecourt0Eruling0Ewomen0Esurnames0Bhtml0Dpartner0Frss0Gemc0Frss/story01.htm