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To love and to hold - Japanese couples must share name

Japan's Supreme Court upheld a two hundred year old ruling that couples must share one family name. As the 麻豆社's Mariko Oi explains, some Japanese women had argued the law discriminates against their right to use their maden name. (Photo: A newly-wed couple at a Japanese traditional wedding ceremony in Tokyo. Credit: AP Photo.)

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