Married couple’s last name “I disagree” Marukawa’s joint name, Liberal Democrat volunteer request to local council: Tokyo Shimbun TOKYO Web



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Tamayo Marukawa, Minister of Gender Equality

Tamayo Marukawa, Minister of Gender Equality

  • Tamayo Marukawa, Minister of Gender Equality

Legislators from the Liberal Democratic Party offered to send some councilors a document requesting that the local council not adopt a written opinion in favor of introducing a selective system of marital surnames, according to an interview with PLD officials on the 24th. date January 30. Tamayo Marukawa, the minister in charge of gender equality, was also on the list even before he took office.

It could be perceived as “pressure” on local councilors, and Mr. Marukawa, who is in a position to wave the flag for gender equality, is on the list and is likely to be controversial. At the House Cabinet Committee on the 24th, Masako Okawara of the Constitutional Democratic Party took down Mr. Marukawa for this document, but Mr. Marukawa simply said that “it is my role to support deep discussions in the Diet. .

The document is a joint name of a total of 50 Diet volunteers. He opposes the introduction of selective surnames for married couples because it will lead to the collapse of the social system on a family basis, and he urges the city council not to adopt a written opinion demanding its realization.

The Cabinet Committee of the House of Representatives asked Mr. Marukawa about his thoughts on the last names of married couples, and it is important that Japan show a working stance on gender equality towards the Olympics, taking into account the Yoshiro Mori’s comments on women and their influence. “I would like to put aside my personal and political feelings and do my best to see how the international community perceives them.” (Joint)
 


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