Demographics Professor Warns that by 2531, Everyone in Japan Will be Named Sato
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image courtesy Mainichi Shimbun 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, e

No one is talking about surname genocide.

  • iridaniotter [she/her, she/her]OPEnglish
    5•9 months ago

    Wouldn’t there be a universal tendency for surnames to converge? But there are countertendencies like the addition of foreign surnames or not taking on your spouse’s surname. As the article mentions, Japan forbids the latter.

    • Pluto [he/him, he/him]English
      6•9 months ago

      Frankly, I’d rather take my spouse’s surname than my own; I don’t want to “continue the line.” For me, it’s not about that.

      Now, I, err, just have to find my one true love… but that’s besides the point!