Another japanese city to recognize same-sex unions

TOKYO, Dec 7 (Reuters) - Tokyo Metropolitan government will start a system that effectively allows same-sex marriage in Japan's capital in. Japan's capital plans to introduce same-sex partnerships in April, Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike said. Japan is the only Group of Seven. More than 60 local governments in Japan recognize same-sex partnerships as being equivalent to marriage and have introduced systems for.

 · TOKYO. Tokyo will move to recognize same-sex partnerships, Governor Yuriko Koike said, becoming the largest city in Japan to do so, as activists push for national recognition.  · The city of Iga, Mie Prefecture, has announced it will start issuing certificates recognizing same-sex partnerships starting in April, Japan’s third municipal government and the first outside Tokyo Estimated Reading Time: 3 mins. 21 cities established a same-sex partnership system in , notably Kitakyushu, Kumamoto, Miyazaki, Nagasaki, Sakai, Yokohama, and Yokosuka. 36 more cities followed suit in , including Hamamatsu, Kawasaki, Kyoto, Minato, Nara, Niigata, Okayama, Sagamihara, Saitama, and www.adultted Reading Time: 8 mins.

TOKYO. Tokyo will move to recognize same-sex partnerships, Governor Yuriko Koike said, becoming the largest city in Japan to do so, as activists push for national recognition. The Japanese capital, Tokyo, announced on Tuesday (7) that it will recognize same-sex unions. This is an achievement of the LGBTQIA+ movement in the only country in the G7, a group that brings together the main economies in the world, which does not fully accept same-sex marriage at the national level. According to plans released by Governor Yuriko Koike, couples will be able to register the relationship and have rights that heterosexuals already enjoy, such as permission to rent houses. 21 cities established a same-sex partnership system in , notably Kitakyushu, Kumamoto, Miyazaki, Nagasaki, Sakai, Yokohama, and Yokosuka. 36 more cities followed suit in , including Hamamatsu, Kawasaki, Kyoto, Minato, Nara, Niigata, Okayama, Sagamihara, Saitama, and Takamatsu.

The Japanese capital, Tokyo, announced on Tuesday 7 that it will recognize same-sex unions. According to plans released by Governor Yuriko Koike, couples will be able to register the relationship and have rights that heterosexuals already enjoy, such as permission to rent houses together and the possibility of having a partner visit when one of them is hospitalized. The measures will take effect early next year and will be legalized in the fiscal year beginning April The measure, however, is not equivalent to marriage. In addition, the institution explains that if a foreigner joins a Japanese of the same sex, he will not be able to acquire resident status to live in Japan, unlike what happens in relationships between people of the opposite sex.