Âé¶¹Éç

Use Âé¶¹Éç.com or the new Âé¶¹Éç App to listen to Âé¶¹Éç podcasts, Radio 4 and the World Service outside the UK.

Episode details

World Service,2 mins

To love and to hold - Japanese couples must share name

Outside Source

Available for over a year

Japan's Supreme Court upheld a two hundred year old ruling that couples must share one family name. As the Âé¶¹Éç'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.)

Programme Website
More episodes