9. Selective Surnames: The Background of Japan's Non-Adoption and the Process to Legal Amendment

■The flow of discussion

February 13th is "Surname Establishment Memorial Day."

Chairman Tokura of Keidanren mentioned, "Introducing the selective separate surnames system should be a top priority."

What is the selective separate surnames system?

Why aren't common-law marriage or aliases enough?

Why has the issue been shelved?

How is a law amended?

Drafting the bill

Review of the draft

Cabinet approval

Submission to and approval by the Diet

Proclamation and enforcement

From April 1, 2022, the legal age of adulthood was lowered.

From April 1, 2024, the prohibition period of 100 days for women to remarry after divorce will be abolished.

■References:

"Separate surnames 'a top priority,'" says Keidanren Chairman Tokura, in favor of introduction.

https://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXZQOUA13CSK0T10C24A2000000/

"How are laws amended? Explaining the process and timeline for law amendments."

https://www.docusign.com/ja-jp/blog/how-laws-to-be-amended

"Civil Code Amendment: Lowering the Age of Adulthood."

https://www.moj.go.jp/content/001300586.pdf

■Books introduced in the episode:

"Selective Separate Surnames: What an IT Executive Thought and Did in His Lawsuit."

https://amzn.to/3SU3ztf

"[Public 702] High School Textbook for Civics."

https://amzn.to/3UGr4ay

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