Japan is the only country in the world that requires spouses to use the same name, but after decades of inaction, appetite for change is building

  • HarkMahlberg
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    49 months ago

    Locked out of hotel rooms

    How does that happen? Concierge assumes you’re not the person on the booking?

    • tiredofsametab
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      29 months ago

      Sounds like the business booked under the person’s maiden name (as they wanted to continue using it at work), but passport would have their legal name. I just checked my wife’s and her maiden name isn’t recorded anywhere on it.