U.N. body to hold in-person review of Japan's gender policy in Oct.

A U.N. rights watchdog will hold an in-person review of Japan's gender equality policy in October, the first since 2016, and may again urge it to reconsider the requirement for married couples to share a surname, a source close to the matter said Sunday.The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women has said the law forcing married Japanese couples to have the same surname is discriminatory against women, as the overwhelming majority of them traditionally adopt the husband's name.Following the in-person review scheduled for Oct. 17 in Geneva, the committee is set to releas…READ FULL ARTICLE