Do you push that stamp?
June 8th, 18:38
"I don't need a stamp for marriage registration ..."
June of June Bride.
Write your name on the marriage registration and press the stamp ...
But do you know that you don't actually have to press the stamp?
Even so, the letters of the "mark" that remain in the marriage registration.
I investigated the changing marriage registration.
I didn't know about Hanko
A male director in his twenties who filed a marriage registration this month.
I went to the government office to get the marriage registration and pressed the stamp in the notifier column.
Two people who were in a long-distance relationship.
Her rural wife wanted to fill out her marriage registration in time for her business trip to Tokyo, but she forgot her stamp at her house.
After all, she bought a new stamp and stamped it.
However, the seal of the marriage registration was actually voluntary.
Husband
"I didn't know that I didn't have to stamp. The witness column said" Stamping is optional, "so I wondered if only the witnesses were optional."
Wife
"I didn't press it if I knew it was voluntary. When I stamped it, I certainly felt like I had vowed to get married, but I didn't want to taste it."
"Stop the stamp"
In September, the then Minister for Administrative Reform and Kono ordered a review of the seals in administrative procedures such as marriage registration in order to improve administrative efficiency.
Former Minister Kono
"For administrative procedures for which there is no justifiable reason, I would like to push through" Stop the stamp. "Many people say that a printout is required to push the stamp, so submit a document as the next step. I want to be able to do without it. "
And last September, the law on the imprint of marriage registration was amended.
From "must sign and stamp" to "must sign".
The obligation to seal has been abolished.
However, when the law was passed, many people said that they wanted the seal to survive.
"Traditionally important documents have been
stamped." "The stamp should not be removed."
In the end, I decided to leave a column labeled "Stamp" so that the person who wants it can stamp it at will.
Even if it is optional, practice many times
A male reporter in his thirties who submitted a marriage registration last December.
He is the one who knew it was voluntary and chose to imprint.
I noticed voluntarily when I was searching the internet for how to write a marriage registration.
I didn't have a strong feeling that I had to press the stamp, but I had a stamp at hand and there was a space to stamp it, so I consulted with her wife and decided to press it.
However, when I tried to push it, I wanted to push it cleanly, and he said that he practiced many times.
Male reporter
"I don't think I have to stamp it, but I may have had a bit of a harsh feeling that it was the end of a series of procedures to write a marriage registration. It's only once in my life. That's why I don't have it, but I wanted to stamp it as cleanly as possible to complete the marriage registration. "
In fact, most are stamped
When I asked the local government how much they actually pushed the stamps ...
"I don't basically explain that stamps are optional. Most people push them." (Osaka City)
"It's a break in life, so it's stamped as a ceremony. I think you want to do it. ”(City in Aichi Prefecture)
In many local governments, most people answered that they had a seal.
According to the person in charge in Sumida Ward, Tokyo, about 90% of the people who submitted the marriage registration have the seal.
The person in charge of Sumida Ward
"The ward also has a commemorative booth, and almost everyone is taking pictures. After all, it is a big event in life, so many people stamp it and take a commemorative photo. I think"
On the other hand, there is such a voice from a certain ward in the 23 wards of Tokyo.
"Most of the marriage registrations are stamped. Is the divorce registration about half and half?"
There may be a difference between the marriage registration and the divorce registration.
what will you do?
Stamp industry
How does the hanko industry perceive that hanko has become voluntary?
Keiichi Fukushima, Chairman of the All Japan Seal Industry Association
"I hope that digitization will eliminate unnecessary documents, but why should I be able to easily submit important documents in my life, such as marriage registration? I was told that the marriage rate would increase, but I don't think that's the case. "
It is said that digitalization has progressed at a stretch, the hanko industry has been given a stern look, and roadside stores have been hit.
Meanwhile, the association created the original marriage registration.
Two types of clothing are available, Japanese and Western, and an illustration is drawn in the margin of the marriage registration.
Kimono can be stamped on the fan part of the two people, and Western clothing can be stamped on the wedding ring part.
You can submit it to the government office or have it kept as a memorial.
The seal is the main character in this marriage registration.
Chairman Keiichi Fukushima
"If there is a column to stamp, I will press it, but if that column disappears, there is a concern that the stamp will not be stamped and it will decline steadily. Today's adults are ingrained in the stamp culture. But I'm wondering what happens when the children start working in the future. "
Do you need a witness?
Changing marriage registration.
"I think it is better to abolish the witnesses before abolishing the obligation to seal."
"Marriage should be established only based on the agreement of both sexes ."
There are some doubts about the witness column of the marriage registration on SNS.
The Civil Code stipulates that "two or more adult witnesses", and it is necessary to enter the witness's name, date of birth, address, etc. on the marriage registration.
Why do I need to set up a witness when I said that I can verify my identity with an official ID card without pressing a stamp?
Ask the Ministry of Justice ...
A person in charge of the Ministry of Justice
"Witnesses are not for verifying identity, but for confirming that they have the intention of marrying. Marriage is an important act of identification, so to the person himself / herself. Not only do we confirm our intentions, but we also ask third parties to confirm them, so the situation is different from the imprint that can be substituted with an ID card. "
The witness is not a person who confirms the identity but a person who confirms the intention of marriage.
At present, the abolition of witnesses is not being considered.
Marriage registration can be “online”, but ...
However, even if the witnesses are not gone, the “simplification” of the marriage registration procedure is progressing.
With the revision of the Family Register Act, it is no longer necessary to submit a copy of the family register when submitting a marriage registration.
The operation is scheduled to start during the 5th year of Reiwa.
Even during social security procedures, you will be able to check your marriage relationship at the counter using the My Number system, so you will not be able to attach a copy of your family register.
When I asked the country if the marriage registration could be made online ...
A person in charge of the Ministry of Justice
"Since 2004, it has become possible to make the notification of family register online at the discretion of the mayor of the municipality."
In fact, it seems that the marriage registration can already be submitted online.
However, it is said that the local governments that have actually introduced the system have not been confirmed.
A person in charge of one local government said that it is difficult to introduce it, saying, "It is not realistic in terms of cost and procedure to proceed online at the level of one local government."
A person in charge of the Ministry of Justice
"There is a request to be able to report the family register online, so I recognize that it is necessary to consider it in the future."
"E-Government" Estonia "Marriage and divorce ..."
There is also debate overseas about making marriage registration online.
Estonia is one of the three Baltic states and has a population of 1.3 million.
It is known that each citizen has an "electronic ID card" and has realized the so-called "electronic government" at the national level for the first time in the world, where almost all administrative procedures can be performed online 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
When I ask the embassy about marriage registration ...
Embassy of the Republic of Estonia
"In Estonia, only marriage and divorce procedures are not allowed online."
Marriage and divorce require careful judgment.
Embassy of the Republic of Estonia
"The reason why you can't do it online is not because of technical things, but because of ethical values. Marriage and divorce are big events in your life and you can easily complete the procedure online. Instead, it has been considered important to provide physical documentation and sign paper to give time to ponder and calm down. "
However, with the technological advances in personal authentication, the move to bring some of the marriage procedures online is also beginning to be considered.
Efficiency?
Or over time?
A digital society where various things become more efficient.
One of them is de-hanko.
However, the person in charge of Tsumagoi Village, Gunma Prefecture, which is known as the sanctuary of the beloved wife, said:
"I think the most important thing is to create a city that makes it easy to grow love, rather than making the seal optional or going online
. "
Things that you want to cherish even if you take time.
Marriage registration stamp, which is a big event in life.
What do you think, guys.
(Good morning Japan Mabuchi Mai / Osaka Broadcasting Station Ryo Okumura / Network News Department Tatsuro Imono)