Japanese question law requiring married couples to have same last name
by editors@theworld.org (Rebecca Rosman) from The World: Latest Stories on (#6VKR2)
For the government, it poses a threat to "family unity." But for an increasing number of women, Japan's law banning married couples from having different last names has them forgoing marriage altogether. Rebecca Rosman reports from Tokyo about the growing opposition to this law, and the traditions keeping it.