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Demographics Professor Warns that by 2531, Everyone in Japan Will be Named Sato (www.spoon-tamago.com)

submitted 1 year ago by smeg@feddit.uk to c/andfinally@feddit.uk

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/12861354

Despite today’s date, this is not an April Fool’s prank. At a press conference in Tokyo last weekend, professor Hiroshi Yoshida from the Tohoku University Research Center for Aged Economy and Society, sounded the alarm bell for a looming crisis. By the year 2531, everyone in Japan will have the surname Sato.

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[–] smeg@feddit.uk 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Later in that same paragraph though:

Given that more than 95% of wives in Japan take their husband’s surname, the single-surname rule not only drives down the diversity of surnames but also adds fuels to the fire of gender inequality.

[–] Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

OK? My point still stands, they don't have to take their husband's name.