CDP Submits Bill for Selective Surnames

Tokyo, April 30 (Jiji Press)--The leading opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan proposed Wednesday a bill to allow married couples to choose different surnames. The bill to amend the Civil Code for the introduction of a selective surname system was submitted by the CDP alone to the House of Representatives, the all-important lower chamber of the Diet, the country's parliament....

CDP Submits Bill for Selective Surnames
Tokyo, April 30 (Jiji Press)--The leading opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan proposed Wednesday a bill to allow married couples to choose different surnames. The bill to amend the Civil Code for the introduction of a selective surname system was submitted by the CDP alone to the House of Representatives, the all-important lower chamber of the Diet, the country's parliament....