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Japan Diet begins debate on dual surname bill for 1st time in 28 yrs

Japan's House of Representatives' judicial affairs committee begins its first deliberations in 28 years on legislation that would give married couples the option of using separate surnames in Tokyo on May 30, 2025.

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Japan Diet begins debate on dual surname bill for 1st time in 28 yrs

Japan's House of Representatives' judicial affairs committee begins its first deliberations in 28 years on legislation that would give married couples the option of using separate surnames in Tokyo on May 30, 2025.

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CHINA-CHONGQING-GROUP WEDDING (CN)

(240310) -- CHONGQING, March 10, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on March 9, 2024 shows couples dressed in traditional costumes taking part in a group wedding in Tongnan District of Chongqing, southwest China. A group wedding ceremony was jointly held here by Tongnan District of Chongqing and Suining City of Sichuan Province for 28 new couples. (Xinhua/Wang Quanchao)

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CHINA-CHONGQING-GROUP WEDDING (CN)

(240310) -- CHONGQING, March 10, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on March 9, 2024 shows couples dressed in traditional costumes taking part in a group wedding in Tongnan District of Chongqing, southwest China. A group wedding ceremony was jointly held here by Tongnan District of Chongqing and Suining City of Sichuan Province for 28 new couples. (Xinhua/Wang Quanchao)

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CHINA-CHONGQING-GROUP WEDDING (CN)

(240310) -- CHONGQING, March 10, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on March 9, 2024 shows couples dressed in traditional costumes taking part in a group wedding in Tongnan District of Chongqing, southwest China. A group wedding ceremony was jointly held here by Tongnan District of Chongqing and Suining City of Sichuan Province for 28 new couples. (Xinhua/Wang Quanchao)

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CHINA-CHONGQING-GROUP WEDDING (CN)

(240310) -- CHONGQING, March 10, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on March 9, 2024 shows couples dressed in traditional costumes posing for photos after taking part in a group wedding in Tongnan District of Chongqing, southwest China. A group wedding ceremony was jointly held here by Tongnan District of Chongqing and Suining City of Sichuan Province for 28 new couples. (Xinhua/Wang Quanchao)

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CHINA-CHONGQING-GROUP WEDDING (CN)

(240310) -- CHONGQING, March 10, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on March 9, 2024 shows couples dressed in traditional costumes taking part in a group wedding in Tongnan District of Chongqing, southwest China. A group wedding ceremony was jointly held here by Tongnan District of Chongqing and Suining City of Sichuan Province for 28 new couples. (Xinhua/Wang Quanchao)

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CHINA-CHONGQING-GROUP WEDDING (CN)

(240310) -- CHONGQING, March 10, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on March 9, 2024 shows couples dressed in traditional costumes taking part in a group wedding in Tongnan District of Chongqing, southwest China. A group wedding ceremony was jointly held here by Tongnan District of Chongqing and Suining City of Sichuan Province for 28 new couples. (Xinhua/Wang Quanchao)

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CHINA-CHONGQING-GROUP WEDDING (CN)

(240310) -- CHONGQING, March 10, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A drone photo taken on March 9, 2024 shows couples dressed in traditional costumes taking part in a group wedding in Tongnan District of Chongqing, southwest China. A group wedding ceremony was jointly held here by Tongnan District of Chongqing and Suining City of Sichuan Province for 28 new couples. (Xinhua/Wang Quanchao)

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AFGHANISTAN-KABUL-MASS WEDDING

(240226) -- KABUL, Feb. 26, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A mass wedding ceremony is held in Kabul, Afghanistan, Feb. 25, 2024. A local charity organized a mass wedding ceremony for 28 couples in Kabul on Sunday. (Photo by Zahir Khan/Xinhua)

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AFGHANISTAN-KABUL-MASS WEDDING

(240226) -- KABUL, Feb. 26, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A mass wedding ceremony is held in Kabul, Afghanistan, Feb. 25, 2024. A local charity organized a mass wedding ceremony for 28 couples in Kabul on Sunday. (Photo by Zahir Khan/Xinhua)

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Tokyo couple tie knot on train

TOKYO, Japan - Nobuhiko Suzuki (L) and Sayaka Tsuchiya pose for photos on a platform at JR Ikebukuro Station in Tokyo on Oct. 14, 2013, ahead of getting aboard a Yamanote Line train entirely reserved for their wedding ceremony while making a circuit on the loop line. Suzuki, 27, and Tsuchiya, 28, were chosen from among couples who applied for a train wedding offered by East Japan Railway Co. About 150 guests took part in the ceremony on the running train.

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Tokyo couple tie knot on train

TOKYO, Japan - Nobuhiko Suzuki (L) and Sayaka Tsuchiya pose for photos after their wedding ceremony on a running Yamanote Line train in Tokyo on Oct. 14, 2013. Suzuki, 27, and Tsuchiya, 28, were chosen from among couples who applied for a train wedding offered by East Japan Railway Co. About 150 guests took part in the ceremony conducted while the train, entirely reserved for the event, made a circuit on the loop line. (Pool photo)

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Tokyo couple tie knot on train

TOKYO, Japan - Nobuhiko Suzuki (L) and Sayaka Tsuchiya are pictured after their wedding ceremony on a running Yamanote Line train in Tokyo on Oct. 14, 2013. Suzuki, 27, and Tsuchiya, 28, were chosen from among couples who applied for a train wedding offered by East Japan Railway Co. About 150 guests took part in the ceremony conducted while the train, entirely reserved for the event, made a circuit on the loop line. (Pool photo)

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Wedding at Tokyo Disneyland Cinderella Castle

CHIBA, Japan - Takayuki Abiko (L center), 35, and Mayumi Kagoshi (R center), 32, both company employees from Saitama Prefecture, hold their wedding at Tokyo Disneyland's Cinderella Castle in Urayasu, Chiba Prefecture on Sept. 28, 2012. The theme park hosted its first wedding at its landmark facility as park operator Oriental Land Co. began a service enabling couples to marry at the site recreating a famous fairy tale.

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Japan ballparks in spotlight as matchmaking place

SAPPORO, Japan - Men and women watch a baseball match between the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters and the Chiba Lotte Marines in specially designated ''konkatsu'' seats at Sapporo Dome on July 11. They were among 300 men and women on a blind date organized by the Fighters club and 28 couples were formed by the end of the game.

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Same-sex couple applies for partnership paper

Hiroko Masuhara (L) and Koyuki Higashi leave Tokyo's Shibuya Ward office on Oct. 28, 2015, after applying for a certificate recognizing their same-sex partnership as equivalent to marriage. The ward will issue the document on Nov. 5 as Japan's first municipality to officially recognize same-sex couples. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Same-sex couple applies for partnership paper

Hiroko Masuhara (L) and Koyuki Higashi hold paperwork acknowledging their application for recognition of their same-sex partnership at Tokyo's Shibuya Ward office on Oct. 28, 2015. The ward will issue a certificate recognizing their partnership as equivalent to marriage on Nov. 5, after becoming Japan's first municipality to officially recognize same-sex couples. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Same-sex couple applies for partnership paper

Hiroko Masuhara (L) and Koyuki Higashi hold paperwork acknowledging their application for recognition of their same-sex partnership at Tokyo's Shibuya Ward office on Oct. 28, 2015. The ward will issue a certificate recognizing their partnership as equivalent to marriage on Nov. 5, after becoming Japan's first municipality to officially recognize same-sex couples. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tokyo's Shibuya Ward to issue same-sex partnership papers from Nov. 5

Photo taken in Tokyo on Oct. 23, 2015 shows a sample certificate, which recognizes same-sex partnerships as being equivalent to marriage. Tokyo's Shibuya ward will start issuing these certificates from Nov. 5 to gay couples aged 20 or older living in the ward, and begin accepting applications from Oct. 28. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan ballparks in spotlight as matchmaking place

SAPPORO, Japan - Men and women watch a baseball match between the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters and the Chiba Lotte Marines in specially designated ''konkatsu'' seats at Sapporo Dome on July 11. They were among 300 men and women on a blind date organized by the Fighters club and 28 couples were formed by the end of the game. (Kyodo)