Top court to soon hand down rulings on suits

Top court to soon hand down rulings on suits

Photo shows the Supreme Court's grand bench in Tokyo, on Nov. 4, 2015, during a hearing on a lawsuit in which a woman argues it is unconstitutional that only women are prohibited from getting remarried within six months of a divorce. The top court will hand down a ruling on the suit, as well as on another suit challenging the legitimacy of a law against dual surnames, by the end of 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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