Diet Panel Starts Deliberations on Dual Surname Bills

Tokyo, May 30 (Jiji Press)--A committee of Japan's House of Representatives, the lower chamber of parliament, on Friday began deliberations on three bills submitted by opposition parties related to a selective dual surname system for married couples. At the day's meeting of the Lower House's Judicial Affairs Committee, the leading opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, Nippon ...

Diet Panel Starts Deliberations on Dual Surname Bills
Tokyo, May 30 (Jiji Press)--A committee of Japan's House of Representatives, the lower chamber of parliament, on Friday began deliberations on three bills submitted by opposition parties related to a selective dual surname system for married couples. At the day's meeting of the Lower House's Judicial Affairs Committee, the leading opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, Nippon ...