TOKYO, Feb 13 (Reuters) – Practically two-thirds of Japanese consider same-sex marriage must be legally recognised, a public opinion ballot confirmed on Monday.
The Kyodo information company survey was carried out per week after Prime Minister Fumio Kishida fired an aide who mentioned he wouldn’t wish to stay subsequent to lesbian, homosexual, bisexual or transgender {couples} and warned folks would depart Japan if same-sex marriage was launched.
Japan is the one nation among the many Group of Seven nations which doesn’t legally recognise same-sex unions.
The survey confirmed 64% of respondents had been in favour of recognising same-sex marriage and roughly the identical quantity mentioned a regulation selling the understanding of sexual variety was wanted. Simply over 1 / 4 of respondents mentioned they had been in opposition to same-sex marriage.
In November, a Japanese courtroom upheld a ban on same-sex marriage however mentioned an absence of authorized safety for same-sex households violated their human rights, a remark welcomed by plantiffs as a step in direction of aligning Japan with different economically superior nations.
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Reporting by Elaine Lies; Enhancing by Edwina Gibbs
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