By SHUNSUKE ABE/ Staff Writer
March 24, 2022 at 16:10 JST
Izumi Onji, center, enters the Hiroshima High Court with her lawyers and supporters in September 2020. (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
The Supreme Court upheld the dismissals of lawsuits seeking damages over Japan’s single-surname rule for married couples, but two of the five justices said the one-name provisions are unconstitutional. [Read More]
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