Wednesday, U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel expressed “full confidence” that the Japanese government will prohibit discrimination against LGBTQ persons.The U.S. ambassador to Japan believes Japan will outlaw LGBTQ discrimination.
Sexual minorities have campaigned for the government to implement an anti-discrimination law after an assistant to Prime Minister Fumio Kishida told reporters he wouldn’t want to live next to LGBTQ individuals and that citizens would flee Japan if same-sex marriages were permitted. Kishida swiftly dismissed the assistant, Masayasu Arai.
Before May, when Japan will host a summit of the Group of Seven industrialized nations in Hiroshima, activists are pressing the government to implement anti-discrimination laws. Japan is the only G-7 nation that has not recognized same-sex marriage or adopted anti-discrimination legislation for sexual minorities.
Emanuel stated during a news conference, “I have full confidence based on the swiftness of the prime minister’s actions,”
He stated that the Japanese parliament will “will reflect not only the will of the Japanese public, but take the steps necessary to be a clear unambiguous voice not only for tolerance, but against discrimination,”
Support for sexual variety has increased slowly in Japan, and lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people still lack legal protections. They are frequently subjected to discrimination at school, job, and home, leading many to conceal their sexual identities.
Conservatives in the governing Liberal Democratic Party of Kishida have resisted persistently and vehemently campaigns for equal rights for sexual minorities. The party thwarted an attempt to pass an equality awareness promotion law before to the 2021 Tokyo Olympics.
Moreover, over 200 local governments, including Tokyo, have implemented partnership certificates for same-sex couples, allowing them to rent homes and sign documents in medical situations and for inheritance. However, the certificates are not legally enforceable, and same-sex couples are sometimes prohibited from visiting each other in the hospital and obtaining other services reserved for married couples.
In recent years, public support for the legalization of same-sex marriage has climbed to over 60%, according to media polls.
At a recent event, more than thirty LGBTQ and other rights groups adopted a plea to Prime Minister Kishida and the heads of both chambers of parliament to establish an anti-discrimination law rather than the awareness promotion legislation being proposed by the ruling party.
Recent ambiguous statements by Kishida were interpreted as a sign of his unwillingness to advocate equal rights for sexual minorities, despite his prior vow to establish an inclusive and diverse society.
In response to a lawmaker’s inquiry in parliament, Kishida stated that allowing same-sex marriage is a political decision “A subject that must be considered with extreme care.
” A decision necessitates a comprehensive examination of society as a whole, because the issue may alter the concept of family and values as well as society as a whole “he stated.
In June, Japan signed a communiqué from the G-7 meeting that called for the “full, equal and meaningful participation of women and girls in all their diversity as well as LGBTIQ+ persons in politics, economics, education and all other spheres of society.” Activists say that Japan should uphold its international commitment.
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