Japan requires married couples to share a surname, so matchmakers are pairing singles who already have the same one to avoid changing it

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When the paperwork involved with changing last names is making people not want to get married, there’s at least one solution: Marry someone with the same last name as yours.

That’s what’s happening in Japan, where by law married couples have to share the same last name. To try to get around this rule, one organization is hosting matchmaking events for people with the same surname.