TOKYO - Japan’s lower house on Tuesday approved proposed legislation aimed at “promoting understanding” of LGBTQ issues but campaigners criticised the bill for its watered-down language.Conservative politicians had said an anti-discrimination clause could deepen social divisions or open up companies and individuals to malicious lawsuits.
As G-7 host, there has been pressure on Tokyo, including from representatives of its allies in the bloc, to pass legislation protecting against discrimination. ”The public call for inclusion and equal rights is loud and clear, and the Lower House listened and acted,” he tweeted on Tuesday.The Japan Alliance for LGBT Legislation said it “betrayed” those who have “waited impatiently for a law on the LGBT community”.
Polls show the majority of Japan’s public back same-sex marriage, while a growing number of employers and municipalities including Tokyo now offer some of the same benefits to same-sex couples as married ones.
Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)
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