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Tokyo logs 7,650 marriages in a day as '8-8-8' date returns after 30 years
5+ day, 9+ hour ago (230+ words) Tokyo received 7,650 marriage registrations on Aug. 8 alone, surpassing the 7,274 filed during the entire month of August last year. According to data compiled by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government and cited by Japan's Yomiuri Shimbun, marriage registrations filed across Tokyo on Aug....
Japan's Same-Surname Matchmaking Service Tackles Marriage Name Change Issue
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Why Japanese matchmakers are pairing singles with the same surname
1+ week, 23+ hour ago (293+ words) A 128-year-old law requiring married couples to share a family name is driving an unusual matchmaking trend in Japan, as organisers hope to help couples avoid the paperwork and identity changes that often come with marriage. In a country grappling…...
Japan holds same-surname matchmaking events
1+ week, 5+ day ago (277+ words) Japan is organizing matchmaking events for people with the same surnames. This could allow couples to marry without changing their surnames, as Japanese law requires one spouse to take the other’s surname, The Japan Times reports. Since March, the events…...