MochaBlend

In the first link you provided the Keidanren Chairman is sitting in front of a bunch of English signs that say "Keidanren Policy & Action" and "Society 5.0 for Sustainable Development Goals".

SDGs along with ESG, DEI, LGBT and pro-feminism / anti-male messaging are all part of the western propaganda indoctrination playbook.

Thanks, I thought my kowtow didn't quite sound right.

This is obviously just western propaganda to try and force the Japanese to cow-tow to western "standards".

As stated in the article the law on the books regarding surnames has been around for more than a century, so why try and propagandize this as a major issue now?

Also if it is really that big of a deal then a couple can choose to use the woman's surname instead.