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My parents are an international couple. I hold Japanese nationality through a declaration of nationality choice, but
Ever since I was little, my father and mother have had different surnames. My father and I have the same surname. I have never felt any discomfort about that, and
Not once have my friends, my school, or various adults ever pointed out to me that it was strange.
When I was a student, my family register changed from being under my father, who was born in Taiwan, to my mother, who was born in Japan. Even then, no one said to us that our family lacked a sense of unity, or that
It was sad that parents and child had different surnames. I respect my parents, and my parents
Raised me with love. Parents and children, husband and wife, having different surnames. Does that make my family strange?
Prime Minister Takaichi,
After receiving recommendations from the Legislative Council twice so far, bills were prepared to introduce the selective separate surname system for married couples,
Once in 1996 and once in 2010, precisely when the Democratic Party was in power.
When we consider why this was not realized during that administration, it seems that, after all, public opinion
Was sharply divided. I believe that was the reason. However, looking at
Recent public opinion polls, if we add together support for maintaining the current system and for expanding and enacting the use of the old characters as common names,
That side is overwhelmingly more numerous, and there is also a tendency for the share of people who choose the expansion and legalization of using the old characters as common names to increase.
Therefore, first of all, we would like to work on making things more convenient for those who are already using them, and for those who, even after getting married, wish to use their old characters as a common name.
The selective separate surname system for married couples is something entirely different.
Ms. Renhō.
The reason it did not come to fruition under the Democratic Party administration was that the two houses of the Diet were divided and at odds. The bill did not pass. It was extremely frustrating. Moreover, for the first time in twenty-eight years last year,
The opposition finally submitted a bill for selective separate surnames for married couples and it went into deliberation, but it was scrapped this year due to the prime minister’s dissolution of the Diet.
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Original transcript (Japanese)
私の両親は国際結婚です。私は国籍選択宣言で日本国籍を持っているのですが 小さい頃から父と母の苗字が違う。私と父は同じ苗字。それに対して違和感もなければ 友達や学校やいろんな大人の人たちからそれはおかしいと指摘されたことは一回もありませんでした。 学生時代に父の台湾生から母の日本生になりました。その時も誰からも家族の一体感がないね、親子の 苗字が違ってかわいそうだねと言われたこともありません。私は両親を尊敬しているし、両親は
私に愛情を持って育ててくれました。親子の、夫婦の苗字が違う。私は家族的におかしいんですか。 高市内閣総理大臣 これまで2回にわたって法制審の答申を受けて選択的夫婦別途児制度を導入に向けて 法律案が用意された。1回は平成8年、1回は平成22年、まさに民主党政権の時でした。 その政権の間になぜそれが実現しなかったのかということも考えますと、やはりこれは国民の皆様の間で
大きく意見が分かれていることである。そういったことからだったと思います。しかし、最近の 世論調査を見ますと、やはり現行制度の維持、それから旧字の通称使用の拡大法制化、これを足し合わせますと 圧倒的に数が多いということで、旧字の通称使用の拡大法制化、これを選択する方の割合も高くなる傾向がございます。 ですから、まずは今使っていらっしゃる方、これから結婚しても旧字を通称で使いたいと思われる方を便利にするということに 取り組みたいと思います。選択的夫婦別姓制度は全く別物であるということでございます。
蓮舫さん。 民主党政権に実現しなかったのは、衆参がねじれたからです。法案が通らなかったんです。非常に悔しかったです。しかも、去年28年ぶりに ようやく選択的夫婦別姓野党が出した法案が審議にしたんですが、今年の総理の解散によって廃案になりました。
