LGBTQ rights activists are hopg that Japan may fally allow same-sex marriage if Taro Kono, who has publicly supported gay marriage, be the untry's next prime mister, but change will not e easily.
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JAPAN’S SUPPORT FOR GAY MARRIAGE IS SOARG. BUT CAN IT BEE LAW?
Homosexualy has been legal Japan sce 1880, and the untry is relatively liberal pared wh some other Asian natns. Japan, Yamagata told CBS News, is no place to grow old for a gay uple. Yamagata, 57, weled this week's start of a new partnership certifitn system the cy of Tokyo, regnizg gay, non-bary and transgenr upl and allowg them to apply for public hog and to accs some public servic.
A long-time gay rights activist, Yamagata helped steer the creatn of a siar partnership scheme his lol Tokyo ward, Nakano, back 2015.