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• LGBT+ (Japan)

  Japan same-sex marriage ban ruled unconstitutional again by courts

  14 March, by MAO Frances, SHIRAISHI Sakiko

  Two more rulings in Japanese district courts have added weight to the push for same-sex marriage to be legalised.
  This week, courts in Tokyo and Sapporo ruled the nation’s current ban was “unconstitutional”, in line with previous landmark verdicts.
  The rulings in separate cases found that (…)

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  Homophobia that has exposed more than 300 people in Japan to sexual violence for decades

  17 October 2023, by HONG Yong-hui

  In July 2019, Johnny Kitagawa, one of Japan’s leading entertainment promoters, music producers and founder of top talent agency Johnny & Associates, died. A huge farewell party was held after his death. Then-Prime Minister Shinzo Abe sent a telegram of condolence, praising the “achievements” (…)

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  Japan: An Urgent Appeal from Feminists Protesting Discrimination and Hatred against LGBTQ+

  14 June 2023, by Women’s Action Network (WAN)

  For the LGBT Understanding Promotion Act, three drafts were submitted: the ruling party LDP/Komeito bill, the CDP/JCP/SD bill [former bipartisan proposal], and the JIP/DPP bill. The JIP/DPP version was eventually merged into the LDP/Komeito bill, and the four-party amendment was passed at the (…)

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  Japan: Tokyo Rainbow Pride back again: more than two hundred thousand joined in solidarity with LGBTQI people

  26 May 2023, by PAK Mi-Hyang

  One of the largest LGBTQI pride festivals in Asia was back again in full following a three-year hiatus after the COVID-19 crisis. (Last year saw a limited return with the restricted number of participants and international travel restrictions. Some events were held online because of limitation (…)

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  LGBT: One Thousand Trans March in Tokyo in Solidarity with Transgender People

  25 November 2022, by PAK Mi-Hyang

  On November 12, Tokyo Trans March 2022 and related events, organized by Trans Gender Japan (TGJP) , were held to mark Transgender Awareness Week which runs November 13 to 19. This year’s Trans March was the second in Japan. In recent years, Trans March has also been held in Japan’s neighboring (…)

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  Japanese trans woman denied status as parent of own child – reports

  19 August 2022, by Reuters

  Tokyo high court rules that child born after woman’s legal gender change should not be recognised as her daughter
  A Japanese court has ruled that a child born after a transgender woman went through her surgical and legal transition should not be recognised legally as her child, according to (…)

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  Japanese MP calls LGBT community ’unproductive’

  3 August 2018, by McCURRY Justin

  Latest controversial statement by Mio Sugita, an ally of PM Shinzō Abe, sparks furore
  Japan’s governing party has belatedly distanced itself from an MP who described members of the LGBT community as “unproductive” because they cannot have children.
  Mio Sugita, a lower house member of the (…)