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On March 27, 2009, it was reported that Japan would allow its nationals to marry foreign same-sex partners in countries where same-sex marriage is legal. Japan had previously refused to issue a document, which states that a person is single and of legal age and is required for citizens to wed overseas, if the applicant's intended spouse was of ...
Jun 16, 2022 · Tokyo’s metropolitan assembly passed a bill Wednesday to introduce a same-sex partnership system throughout the capital, expanding recognition of the LGBTQ community in the only Group of Seven...
- The Japan Times
Japan is the only country in the G7 that does not legally recognize same-sex unions nationally in any form. In March 2021 and May 2023, the Sapporo and Nagoya District Courts ruled that not recognising same-sex marriage was a violation of the Constitution respectively.
Nov 1, 2022. Tokyo’s same-sex partnership system came into effect Tuesday, allowing sexual minority couples in the capital to be treated in the same manner as married heterosexual...
Jun 16, 2022 · Tokyo Passes Ordinance to Recognize Same-Sex Partnerships. Certificates proving status to be issued from November. Japan only G-7 nation yet to legally recognize same-sex unions. Two...
Mar 14, 2024 · Currently, Japan remains the only G7 country not to fully recognise same-sex couples or offer them clear legal protection. But it is not an outlier in Asia, where Taiwan is the only place...
Mar 14, 2024 · A Japanese high court rules the country's lack of legal recognition of same-sex marriage is unconstitutional, in a move likely to further mount pressure on the government to do more to protect sexual minorities.
