Karolina Shiino, the Ukrainian-born Japanese model has given up her Miss Japan crown and title and people are wondering why. They also want to know more about her affair with a married doctor and its ...

(Bloomberg) -- Japan’s big business lobby urged the government to allow married couples to have separate surnames, saying current laws that effectively force married women to go by their husbands’ ...

Women's rights advocates in Japan have struggled for decades for the right of married couples to have different last names. Japan is the only country where they're required to use one surname, which ...

Miss Japan Carolina Shiino is reportedly in a “close relationship” with a married cosmetic doctor, according to an investigation by Japanese weekly Shukan Bunshun. The Ukraine-born Miss Japan, who has ...

In short: The Ukrainian-born winner of the 2024 Miss Japan competition, Karolina Shiino, has handed back her title. A magazine article revealed she had an affair with a married man. What's next? The ...

Sharing a surname after marriage is a legal requirement in Japan. The latest appeal to overturn the Civil Code, which does not allow married couples to retain separate surnames, was thrown out by the ...

Japan is the only nation where married couples must use the same surname. Critics say it violates women's rights and, unless the rule is scrapped, all Japanese could be surnamed Sato in 500 years.