Comments on: “I take this man to be my lawfully wedded husband”… Except when politics intervenes! http://www.stippy.com/japan-politics/fufubessei-and-japanese-politics/ A fresh look at Japan, by gaijins for gaijins! Fri, 30 Jul 2010 01:00:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Finden http://www.stippy.com/japan-politics/fufubessei-and-japanese-politics/comment-page-1/#comment-81160 Finden Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:15:23 +0000 http://www.stippy.com/japan-politics/fufubessei-and-japanese-politics/#comment-81160 Last term at the university where I teach the students wrote persuasive essays on whether or not Japanese women should be allowed to freely choose their last name after marriage. No surprise, almost all of them wished they could! We also unearthed some interesting connections between the government`s desire to control people through the temple and family registery systems in both the Edo and Meiji eras. Last term at the university where I teach the students wrote persuasive essays on whether or not Japanese women should be allowed to freely choose their last name after marriage. No surprise, almost all of them wished they could! We also unearthed some interesting connections between the government`s desire to control people through the temple and family registery systems in both the Edo and Meiji eras.

]]> By: plethora http://www.stippy.com/japan-politics/fufubessei-and-japanese-politics/comment-page-1/#comment-8066 plethora Wed, 02 May 2007 10:43:49 +0000 http://www.stippy.com/japan-politics/fufubessei-and-japanese-politics/#comment-8066 Red, Thanks for this interesting article! I did what fingers suggested. I didn't take my Japanese husband's name and the Japanese gov't couldn't do anything about it! Red,

Thanks for this interesting article! I did what fingers suggested. I didn’t take my Japanese husband’s name and the Japanese gov’t couldn’t do anything about it!

]]> By: Yellow http://www.stippy.com/japan-politics/fufubessei-and-japanese-politics/comment-page-1/#comment-7919 Yellow Fri, 27 Apr 2007 06:11:25 +0000 http://www.stippy.com/japan-politics/fufubessei-and-japanese-politics/#comment-7919 Fingers, been married six days and I'm having a lot of hassle already. And in our case Mrs. Yellow took my name instead of going with the bessei option. Does it really get any worse with different names? Fingers, been married six days and I’m having a lot of hassle already. And in our case Mrs. Yellow took my name instead of going with the bessei option. Does it really get any worse with different names?

]]> By: fingers http://www.stippy.com/japan-politics/fufubessei-and-japanese-politics/comment-page-1/#comment-7623 fingers Tue, 24 Apr 2007 07:32:09 +0000 http://www.stippy.com/japan-politics/fufubessei-and-japanese-politics/#comment-7623 A little known fact is that foreign-japanese marriages can be registered as fufubessei because foreigners don't have a jyuminhyou. If you take that route, expect a lot of hassle proving you are married at city offices etc. A little known fact is that foreign-japanese marriages can be registered as fufubessei because foreigners don’t have a jyuminhyou. If you take that route, expect a lot of hassle proving you are married at city offices etc.

]]> By: Scott http://www.stippy.com/japan-politics/fufubessei-and-japanese-politics/comment-page-1/#comment-7583 Scott Tue, 24 Apr 2007 02:54:09 +0000 http://www.stippy.com/japan-politics/fufubessei-and-japanese-politics/#comment-7583 Any idea why Japan doesn't print the candidate names on the ballot paper and just get voters to tick a box? Seems like it would make things a lot easier for voters and reduce the number of invalid votes. Any idea why Japan doesn’t print the candidate names on the ballot paper and just get voters to tick a box? Seems like it would make things a lot easier for voters and reduce the number of invalid votes.

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