My mother changed her last name when she got married but continued to use her maiden name on publications, for continuity. Never seemed to be an issue. This was not in Japan however.
Asian countries and cultures generally have stronger and more rigid notions of family than western nations. Newly married couples in Japan are officially members of one family or the other - not both - and being a member of the family includes obligations to care for the graves of the family ancestors. When a family has no sons, the eldest daughter may need to marry a non-eldest son willing to join the daughter's family and take on their last name. Otherwise, the family will die out, and there will be no one to care for the ancestors' graves. Per the article, it seems in about 5% of marriages, the man takes the woman's name.
Not just Asia. E.g. in Congo it's tradition to see the spouse's siblings as sisters and brothers. There it goes both ways though. (Not sure it's embedded into law.)
Name change after marriage is not a tradition in east Asia regardless of how they treat families. To this day Chinese and Korean people keep their names after marriage. Name change only became a thing in Japan during the Meiji restoration.
Japan actually learnt this name change practice from the west. This is not an East Asian tradition. Chinese and Korean women keep their last names after marriage. Ironically it’s often after marrying a western men that these women are required by their husband (and his family) to change their name.
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