A Japanese's top court refuses the application to keep the surname of three couples, asking to choose a family according to the Constitution.
The plaintiff is three couples, submitting a dossier of marriage registration but remains the same name in 2018. The plaintiffs argue that the law stipulates couples must follow one they are against legal equality rights
Japanese lovers couples take wedding photos.
However, this request was rejected by a leading court in Japan on June 23.
Three couples believe that the 2015 judgment is no longer valid for changes in society, offering changes.
Under the current law, couples can choose according to their wife's or husband's family when married but in fact, most follow their husbands.
Persons who supports wife or husbands along with one they say that this is extremely important to promote family relations, considering efforts to change this regulation as an attack on the traditional value.