Over 40 percent of Japanese want to keep using their original family names at work after they get married, a Cabinet Office ...

The INE reveals fascinating data on the island’s most frequent surnames for 2024, highlighting a unique blend of historical ...

Different surnames are only allowed for international marriages. A 2016 Ministry of Health, Labour & Welfare survey found that among more than 600,000 marriages, just 4 percent of men took their ...

The Tokyo District Court rejected a bid by a Japanese couple who married in America under different surnames to have their marriage officially recognized as legitimate here. The court ruled on ...

It's a combination of two independent, equal individuals. So it's perfectly fair for our offspring to carry on our respective surnames," said Zhao, a finance professional. As a rising number of ...

16. Presiding Judge Yukiko Suguri said the Japanese couple’s marriage, registered in the United States under two surnames, is valid. But Suguri also said the Chiyoda Ward office in Tokyo did not ...

As the world celebrates another Chinese Lunar New Year, as a genealogist the topic of Chinese surnames naturally occupies my mind once more.

Suddenly a new trend is emerging in the village. Around 70 Muslims of the village have added ‘Brahmin’ surnames to their names. However, they claim that they have not reconverted to Hinduism.