Debate over the surname issue, long a sore point with some women, has heated up as more women stay in jobs after marriage and juggle two names.

 
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After nearly 50 years of living with her husband's surname, 75-year-old Kyoko Tsukamoto is taking the Japanese government to court so that she can at least bear her own name when she dies, Reuters reported.

The former teacher uses her maiden name, but because of Japanese civil law requirements she had to take her husband's name when she married to make the union legal.

"My husband and I still love each other, but this and the issue of Tsukamoto are different," she said. "Now I am 75 and I was shocked to realize that I can't do things anymore that I used to be able to do last year. That's when I thought that I am Kyoko Tsukamoto and I want to die as Kyoko Tsukamoto." （点击路透社网站查看原文）

日老妇诉政府 拒绝随夫姓

       据路透社报道，过去近50年中，75岁的冢本京子一直在用着丈夫的姓氏。现在她将政府告上法庭，希望至少在她去世的时候，能用上自己的姓氏。

       冢本京子原来是位老师，当时未婚使用的是娘家姓，但是根据日本的民法规定，她在婚后必须随夫姓，组合成她的名字。

       她表示：“我和我的丈夫一直很相爱，但是相爱和姓氏问题是两码事。现在我已经75岁了，我突然意识到许多我去年还能做的事现在做不了了。于是，我想到了我是冢本京子，我想在死的时候用我的本姓。”