image courtesy Mainichi Shimbun Despite today's date, this is not an April Fool's prank. At a press conference in Tokyo last weekend, professor Hiroshi Yoshida from the Tohoku University Research Center for Aged Economy and Society, sounded the alarm bell for a looming crisis. By the year 2531, e

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Despite today’s date, this is not an April Fool’s prank. At a press conference in Tokyo last weekend, professor Hiroshi Yoshida from the Tohoku University Research Center for Aged Economy and Society, sounded the alarm bell for a looming crisis. By the year 2531, everyone in Japan will have the surname Sato.

  • Ilovethebomb
    2·
    3 months ago

    including the assumption that Japan never amends their law that mandates married couples share the same surname.

    It doesn’t specify which surname.

    • smeg@feddit.ukOPEnglish
      21·
      3 months ago

      Later in that same paragraph though:

      Given that more than 95% of wives in Japan take their husband’s surname, the single-surname rule not only drives down the diversity of surnames but also adds fuels to the fire of gender inequality.

      • Ilovethebomb
        2·
        3 months ago

        OK? My point still stands, they don’t have to take their husband’s name.