Tokyo govt recognizes same-sex relationships

By Agence France-Presse

Nov 02, 2022 12:13 am

(UPDATED) TOKYO: Tokyo began issuing partnership certificates to same-sex couples who live and work in Japan's capital on Tuesday, a long-awaited move in an East Asian country without marriage equality.

The certificates allow nonstraight partners to be treated as married couples for a range of public services in areas such as housing, medicine and welfare.

Mamiko Moda (left) and her partner Satoko Nagamura, with their son, hold their same-sex partnership certificate after their news conference at the Tokyo Metropolitan Government building in Japan’s capital Tokyo on Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2022. AFP PHOTO

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