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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 ...
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 ...
[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 ...
Article 24 of the Japanese Constitution states: [55] "1) Marriage shall be based only on the mutual consent of both sexes and it shall be maintained through mutual cooperation with the equal rights of husband and wife as a basis. 2) With regard to choice of spouse, property rights, inheritance, choice of domicile, divorce and other matters ...
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LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender) rights, culture, people, and organisations in Japan The main article for this category is LGBT in Japan . Subcategories
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 ...
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 ...