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‘Ruining my career’: calls grow for Japan to change law on married surnames (www.theguardian.com)

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Japan is the only country in the world that requires spouses to use the same name, but after decades of inaction, appetite for change is building

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Locked out of hotel rooms

How does that happen? Concierge assumes you're not the person on the booking?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

Sounds like the business booked under the person's maiden name (as they wanted to continue using it at work), but passport would have their legal name. I just checked my wife's and her maiden name isn't recorded anywhere on it.