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The world’s only Japanese couple surname system and Ghibli movie message Another Japanese topic Twitter Facebook はてブ Pocket LINE コピー   2021.12.23 In Japan, there is a system in which married couples must choose which surname to give. Although it is legally stipulated as “husband or wife”, according to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare’s 2016 “Statistics on Marriage”, 96% who change their surname after marriage are women. Overseas, many countries allow couples to give different surnames, and according to the Ministry of Justice, Japan is the only country that is obliged to give the same surname. On June 23, 2021, the Supreme Court of Japan filed a lawsuit on whether the provisions of the law that Japanese common-law married couples can only marry with the same surname violate the Constitution. They have ruled that it has not violated (from NHK News). In other words, the Supreme Court has concluded that the law does not allow selective surnames for married couples in Japan. I...

About the occupation of Japanese civil servant Shikaku World (YouTube Channel) Twitter Facebook はてブ Pocket LINE コピー   2021.12.07 This is a quite sudden question, but do you know what the percentage of civil servants in your country is? Civil servants are defined as those who belong to a public institution and perform their duties. Civil servants are indispensable for maintaining society, but since they are hired at public expense (tax), they are controversial. In 2015, OECD (Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development) conducted a survey about the “Government at a Glance” provides an international comparison of civil servants among all employees. According to the report, Japan has the lowest of 29 countries at 5.9% (1st place is Norway at 30%). In other words, Japan has the smallest proportion of civil servants in the OECD. During the period called the high growth period from 1960 to 1970, civil servants were a less popular occupation in Japan than the private companies....