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Legislators from the Liberal Democratic Party who are cautious about the introduction of a selective system of married couple surnames (Betsu) held a general meeting for the establishment of the Parliamentary League in the Diet on day 1 and confirmed that they will promote the expansion of the use of The maid. Name. Within the party, MPs who aspire to the early realization of the system have also launched a parliamentary group, and discussions about the pros and cons are intensifying.
At the opening meeting, former Foreign Minister Hirofumi Nakasone, representative of the caller, highlighted that the expansion of the use of the so-called name was included in the V Basic Plan for Gender Equality decided by the Cabinet at the end of last year. . and the party’s electoral promise. “We will promote the publicity of the use of the maiden name, we will improve the deficiencies and we will support the government,” he said.
Consider introducing legislative legislation that requires national and local business operators to take steps to make their maiden names available to the public. The party is divided into two parts on the selective last names of married couples, but Nakasone only told reporters that “there are various ways of thinking. You are free to argue.”
Former Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications Sanae Takaichi and former Minister for the abduction issue, Eriko Yamatani, attended the cautious parliamentary group. According to the parliamentary group, about 150 people are listed, but the list is not open to the public.
The party will establish a “task force on the ideal state of the government system” on the 2nd to solve the problems. (Atsushi Kawada)