New Case about Last Names and Gender Discrimination
01/21/18 17:24
Here is the article I mentioned in class on Tuesday:
Male CEO seeks compensation over gov't ban on different surnames for spouses
January 9, 2018 (Mainichi Japan)
Japanese version
Cybozu Inc. CEO Yoshihisa Aono, left, and lawyer Tomoshi Sakka explain the four cases provided for under the Family Registry Act, under which only married Japanese couples cannot choose separate surnames, at a press conference in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward, on Jan. 9, 2018. (Mainichi)
A male software firm CEO and three others filed for 550,000 yen each in government compensation in the Tokyo District Court on Jan. 9, on the grounds that forcing Japanese couples to choose one surname upon marriage is unconstitutional.
[Full article here]
Male CEO seeks compensation over gov't ban on different surnames for spouses
January 9, 2018 (Mainichi Japan)
Japanese version
Cybozu Inc. CEO Yoshihisa Aono, left, and lawyer Tomoshi Sakka explain the four cases provided for under the Family Registry Act, under which only married Japanese couples cannot choose separate surnames, at a press conference in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward, on Jan. 9, 2018. (Mainichi)
A male software firm CEO and three others filed for 550,000 yen each in government compensation in the Tokyo District Court on Jan. 9, on the grounds that forcing Japanese couples to choose one surname upon marriage is unconstitutional.
[Full article here]