The couple takes each other to court for divorce once every 3 years, the cause comes from a strange Japanese law.
Accordingly, this couple was already married and lived together for a long time. But the only problem lies in the fact that the two can’t make a decision on whose last name to use as the standard.
According to Japanese culture, when a woman gets married, she must take her husband’s last name, but the wife does not want this.
The wife – who works for a foreign company – plans to use her original name at work. But due to security issues, such as possible identity theft, the use of 2 surnames is not allowed.
One day, during a conversation at work, the husband heard about a couple who changed their last names every three years. In 2016, they got married and used the husband’s last name for the first 3 years of marriage.
So, the two decided to get a divorce every 3 years to change their last name. By July this year, they will divorce and remarry again to use the husband’s last name.
“I always have to remind myself that I’m carrying my wife’s last name,” the husband said.
While the arrangement may seem complicated to others, the couple consider it the only solution that is acceptable to them. The only alternative they know of is to go abroad and get married, before returning home and asking a Japanese court to recognize their marital status. They seem to think their way is simpler.
Source: The Mainichi
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