Japanese fete LGBTQ progress at Tokyo Pride parade FMTNews FMTWorld
Organisers estimate 10,000 people marched today in the Tokyo Pride parade to show support for the LGBTQ community.
But growing support from the nation’s top business lobby and major companies is putting pressure on the government of Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and his conservative ruling party. “I think the government is both pretending to see us and pretending not to, but that change will really start happening from here on in.”
Since the last pre-pandemic Pride parade in 2019, the number of Japanese municipalities allowing same-sex couples to enter partnership agreements has surged from 26 to around 300, covering some 65% of the population. These do not allow partners to inherit each other’s assets and deny them parental rights to each other’s children. Hospital visits are not guaranteed.
Japan’s constitution refers to marriage as being between “both sexes” and mentions “the equal rights of husband and wife”. Allowing same-sex marriage would require amending the civil code. The situation has long limited the talent pool for global firms, but even traditional Japanese companies now find their international competitiveness endangered without diversity, including LGBTQ rights.
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