Japanese Family Structure

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17 Nov

Can Japanese married couples have separate family names?

November 17, 2015 Juju Kurihara Culture, History, Society Tags: japan, Japanese family registry, Japanese family structure, Japanese women, Separate family name for couples 1 Comment

Recently many Japanese women have higher and important posts in the society and still, when it comes to marriage, 95% of women change their family name to the husband´s. Can Japanese couple keep separate family name as a married couple?

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