Marital Surname System in Japan - the Fufubessei Issue and the Disparate Impact of Civil Code Article 750 and Family Registry Law
Marital Surname System in Japan - the Fufubessei Issue and the Disparate Impact of Civil Code Article 750 and Family Registry Law
Date
2022-11-02
Authors
Contributor
Advisor
Department
Instructor
Depositor
Speaker
Researcher
Consultant
Interviewer
Annotator
Journal Title
Journal ISSN
Volume Title
Publisher
Volume
Number/Issue
Starting Page
Ending Page
Alternative Title
Abstract
Fufubessei or "selective marital surname" has reemerged in media headlines. Japan appears to be the only country in the world that holds onto the unitary surname system, under which 96% of wives relinquish their birth surnames. At the grassroots level, liberal lawyers and feminist activists have been advocating for the introduction of a system that allows a married couple to choose whether they select one family name or retain their own surnames. Some activists took the matter to the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women, which has been pressuring the Japanese government. This paper presents that the current Japanese law pertaining to a marital surname produces a disparate treatment of part of the population, despite the law facially providing individual freedom of choice and gender equality as stipulated in the Japanese constitution. This paper approaches this issue with both social and legal backgrounds.
Description
This is a flyer for the webinar held by the Center for Japanese Studies in Fall 2022
Keywords
Citation
Extent
Format
Geographic Location
Time Period
Related To
Table of Contents
Rights
Rights Holder
Local Contexts
Collections
Email libraryada-l@lists.hawaii.edu if you need this content in ADA-compliant format.