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Japanese couples are fighting to keep their names—and identities—distinct when they marry

Japanese couples are fighting to keep their names—and identities—distinct when they marry

Masaka Yamaura, a 33-year-old mother of one in Tokyo, adopted her husband’s last name—Takahashi—after she married. But her new name never sat right with her. To return to her former self, she took a drastic step. “I felt like I had been living as a different person. ‘Takahashi’ and ‘Yamaura’ are totally different,” Yamaura explained.…