TO GO WITH Japan-law-family-women,ADVANCER by Harumi OZAWA This picture taken on December 12, 2015 shows a woman with a pushchair walking with children at a park in Tokyo. Japan's top court will rule this week on a pair of 19th century family laws that critics blast as sexist and out of touch. The Supreme Court will weigh in on the legality of a six-month ban on women remarrying after divorce and another law that requires spouses to have the same surname, in a highly anticipated decision set for on December 16. / AFP / YOSHIKAZU TSUNO (Photo credit should read YOSHIKAZU TSUNO/AFP via Getty Images)
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