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Japan is the only member of the Group of Seven (G7) industrialised nations that does not recognise same-sex marriage or provide legal protections for LGBTQ people, despite polls showing public ...
However, LGBTQ rights activists criticized the bill for falling short by not mentioning same-sex marriage or anti-discrimination protections. [84] [85] In April 2021, the LDP announced it would pass the LGBT Understanding and Enhancement Bill during the 204th National Diet session, set to end in June for the 2020 Summer Olympics and Paralympics ...
Socially conservative Japan seems to be in no rush to follow its neighbors in East Asia and roll out the pink carpet to the LGBTQ community or recognize same-sex marriages. But where the Japanese ...
Japan's LGBTQ athletes are asking whether they have missed the best opportunity in a generation. Skip to main content. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach ...
Japan has no laws against homosexual activity and has some legal protections for gay individuals. While civil rights laws do not extend to protection from discrimination based on sexual orientation, some governments have enacted such laws. The government of Tokyo has passed laws that ban discrimination in employment based on sexual identity.
[47] [48] Prior to this, the wards of Shibuya and Setagaya (March 2018) had already passed explicit protections for LGBT people. [46] [49] In 1990, the group OCCUR (Japan Association for the Lesbian and Gay Movement) [50] won a court case against a Tokyo government policy that barred gay and lesbian youth from using the "Metropolitan House for ...
U.S. ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel said that "Japan turned the tide today with the Diet’s passage of the LGBT law." Congratulating prime minister Fumio Kishida "for his leadership" and commending the Japanese public for their "commitment to LGBTQI+ rights." He added that the legislation is a "significant step on the journey to securing ...
Ibaraki Prefecture was the first prefecture of Japan and in the KantÅ region to introduce a partnership registry for same-sex couples, as well as the second in the country to pass LGBT-inclusive nondiscrimination protections.