JAPAN SC CONTESTS THE CONSTITUTIONALITY OF COMMON SURNAMES AMONG SPOUSES

Highlights –

• Japan SC contests the constitutionality of common surnames among spouses.
• The Supreme Court’s petty bench referred to three domestic cases for the above reason.
• The cases were filed by 3 couples in common-law marriages living in Tokyo.
• The court’s Grand bench in 2015 had ruled that the Civil Code for common surname was constitutional.