ayumi shinozaki | 篠崎あゆみ (she/they) (@ayusheknows.bsky.social)

"When I married, no female colleagues were using their maiden names at work. I didn’t bother to check with HR if it was possible. Thanks to Japanese media, I thought that I should consider myself privileged to use my loved one’s family name."

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Japanese Law Made Me Change My Name Three Times - Unseen Japan A Japanese woman's first-hand account of how Japan's law requiring joint spousal surnames impacted her life and sense of identity. https://buff.ly/qYgRcRh