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Hakubun Shimomura, Prime Minister
The Liberal Democratic Party announced on the 10th that it will create a task force (WT) to discuss the selective surname system for married couples. Establish a certain direction in response to growing public interest. Before the first meeting later this month, the policy is to resolve issues only by male members of WT executives, and criticism is likely to emerge on how to proceed with discussions in a “closed room” lacking the perspective. of women.
Former Secretary General Nobuteru Ishihara will serve as WT President and Akihiro Nishimura will serve as Secretary General. A total of four people, Tsutomu Tomioka and Shinsuke Okuno, who are the chairmen of related departments within the party, will summarize the issues in advance.
Hakubun Shimomura, chairman of political affairs, told a press conference on the 10th: “I had a neutral person become an executive,” and asked for an understanding that female legislators would not participate in the discussion. Based on the diverse opinions within the party and among the people, he said: “We are not going to have a hasty discussion,” he said.
There was controversy within the party over the selective last names of the married couples when the V Basic Plan for Gender Equality was formulated late last year. The government draft mentioned the current situation where 96% of women change their surnames for marriage according to the provisions of the same surname in the Civil Code. (Mr. Betsu) ”was removed, and the description was significantly shortened. (Atsushi Kawada)
