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World Service,2 mins

To love and to hold - Japanese couples must share name

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Japan's Supreme Court upheld a two hundred year old ruling that couples must share one family name. As the 91福利社'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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