Japanese citizens will all have the same family name in 500 years’ time unless married couples are permitted to use separate surnames, a new study has suggested as part of a campaign to update a civil code dating back to the late 1800s.

The study, led by Hiroshi Yoshida, a professor of economy at Tohoku University, projected that if Japan continues to insist that couples select a single surname, every single Japanese person will be known as “Sato-san” by 2531.

amp.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/02/japan-sato-only-name-by-2531-marriage-law

no matter what u try Japan ur people are not gonna start f***ing it’s over for yall

We're not seeing 2531 lol

That’s exactly what I was gonna say.

Time for me to pull up