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    Japan’s marital system reform: The fufubessei movement for individual rights

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    Author
    Toyoda, E
    Date
    2020
    Source Title
    Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus
    Publisher
    The Asia-Pacific Journal
    University of Melbourne Author/s
    Toyoda, Etsuko
    Affiliation
    Asia Institute
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    Document Type
    Journal Article
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    Toyoda, E. (2020). Japan’s marital system reform: The fufubessei movement for individual rights. The Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus, 18 (13), pp.1-26
    Access Status
    Open Access
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/11343/241426
    Abstract
    This article spotlights a push for human rights amongst Japanese women and men supporting a marital law revision that will allow spouses to maintain their individual surnames. While proponents of the reform comprise a variety of genders, ages, marital status, value systems, and reasons for supporting the reform, they have all experienced, witnessed or contemplated inequity in society – experiences that have shaped their perspectives on the importance of the individual self and life choices, that have prompted their dissatisfaction with marriage laws, social practices, and norms. The fūfubessei movement, which has been considered as a gender-equality movement, should be viewed from the perspective that individuals have the right to make their own decisions about their lives, including their choice of surname.

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