One of the main topics in the July 20 Upper House election is the proposed introduction of a dual surname system for married couples.
The Legislative Council, an advisory panel to the justice minister, proposed a bill to revise the Civil Code in 1996 that includes the introduction of a selective dual surname system.
However, even more than 30 years after the proposal, the revision has not yet been realized.
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