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Most Married Couples in Japan Take the Husband’s Surname Under Current Surname Law, Despite Divorce

An article discusses Japan’s surname law, noting that about 96% of married couples use the husband’s surname. It says divorce is common and that many women may change their surnames multiple times over their lives.

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Under Japan's surname law, 96% of married couples take the husband's surname, though men can also change theirs to the wife's. Because one in three marriages ends in divorce, many women change their surnames more than once in a lifetime, a burden most men
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Most Married Couples in Japan Take the Husband’s Surname Under Current Surname Law, Despite Divorce

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Under Japan's surname law, 96% of married couples take the husband's surname, though men can also change theirs to the wife's. Because one in three marriages ends in divorce, many women change their surnames more than once in a lifetime, a burden most men

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