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Japan is the only country in the G7 that does not legally recognize same-sex unions nationally in any form. [8] [9] 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.
- Sexual orientation protected in some cities and prefectures, though not nationally
- LGBT people allowed to serve openly
- Change of legal sex allowed since 2004, following sex reassignment surgery and sterilization
- Legal
However, a September–October 2016 survey by the Varkey Foundation found that 53% of 18–21-year-olds supported same-sex marriage in Japan. A 2017 opinion poll released by the NHK showed that 51% of Japanese people supported same-sex marriage.
Nov 30, 2022 · Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters. A Tokyo court ruled on Wednesday that a ban on same-sex marriage was constitutional but said the lack of legal protection for same-sex families violated their...
Mar 17, 2021 · Japan courts again say same-sex marriage ban is illegal LGBT+ activists hail the legal win but say real reform is still up to a conservative legislature. 14 Mar 2024
Mar 17, 2021 · A Japanese court ruled on Wednesday that the government's ban on gay marriage is unconstitutional, a landmark decision that supporters hope will pave the way for marriage equality in the only...
- Rachel Treisman
Mar 14, 2024 · 14 March. Reuters. Japan's constitution currently defines marriage as one between "both sexes" By Frances Mao & Sakiko Shiraishi. in Singapore and Tokyo. Two more rulings in Japanese...
Nov 27, 2019 · Nov. 27, 2019. 阅读简体中文版 閱讀繁體中文版. TOKYO — Ikuo Sato stood in front of a Tokyo court in April and told the world he was gay. To a packed room, he described the anxiety he had felt as a young man,...
