Ancient Law?!

[i_am_chi]

All this time living here in Japan, and I never realised that they had never allowed a married woman to be registered with the government with her maiden name

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[i_am_chi]

lol No way! :P That change will definitely take a while to take effect :)

No, I mean, in terms of married Japanese women here, they're assumed to take their husband's names, but it seems like according to the article, many of them assume their maiden names for health insurance and so on.

[eviltom]

Wow, I'd never imagined that this would be an issue.. it's amazing what freedoms we take for granted.

[i_am_chi]

Exactly! It's one of those things that I've definitely taken for granted, and never realised that such liberties weren't available elsewhere!

[evil_loki]

Actually I'm not surprised by that at all, they're a quite insular country that's very stuck in their traditions, I'm not sure where you get this picture of a progressive country from. XD

I would have thought the treatment and stereotypical expectations placed on women in Japan would have been a tip off?

[i_am_chi]

hahaha Progressive in terms of their technology then, because you're right :) Their thinking is definitely still very traditional - women should become housewives and take care of the children; they can usually only hold part-time jobs; yadda yadda yadda :P

It would've been a tip off, but I never imagined that it'd be THAT backward!

[i_am_chi]

hahahaha I've heard that before! XD