Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Monday he wants to accelerate the debate within his ruling Liberal Democratic Party over whether Japan should allow married couples to use different surnames.
“It’s not an issue that we can continue to put off a decision on because public interest is extremely high,” Ishiba said in response to opposition lawmakers who questioned the premier’s seriousness about changing the longstanding single-family name rule.
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