By Sachiko Ishikawa | Translated by Hatsune Sawada
Japan boasts of having one of the highest ...
Sachiko
日本は世界でも有数の養子縁組率を誇っていますが、その実態を知らない人は、「養子」を子供だと思い込んでいることが多く、日本人以外をよく驚かせています。
By Sachiko Ishikawa | Translated by Ayşe Haruka Açıkbaş | Illustrated by Ai Masuda
My menarche, or my first ...
Marriage in Japan forces both parties to share the same surname – and it is currently the only country in the world to enforce such rules – which were only instated in 1896. Today, in 2020, there seems to be no new developments in the National Diet regarding a legal reform despite several lawsuits and nation-wide petitions.
日本での結婚は、結婚当事者二人ともの同姓を強制する法律が1896年にできました。現在ではそのような法律を施行しているのは日本のみです。