Japan court rules that ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

55% : Nearly two-thirds (64 per cent) of respondents to a poll conducted by the Kyodo News agency were in favour of marriage equality.
54% : "It's a major step toward achieving marriage equality," said Asato Yamada, a lawyer for the plaintiffs.
52% : The legalisation of same-sex marriage in Japan is supported by the majority of people living there, a public opinion poll showed on 13 February.
44% : Just one quarter (24.9 per cent) were opposed to same-sex marriage.
43% : Nagoya District Court's decision marks the second time that a Japanese court has ruled against the country's stance on same-sex marriage in the last two years.
43% :READ MORE: Here are the countries where same-sex marriage is legalYoko Mixushima, the couple's lawyer, told journalists that the "ruling has rescued us from the hurt of last year's ruling that said there was nothing wrong with the ban, and the hurt of what the government keeps saying".
40% : This comment was in reference to a 2022 ruling in Osaka that the ban was not unconstitutional, something that was later echoed in a Tokyo court which also stated that the lack of legal protection for same-sex families was a violation of their human rights.
36% : Japan's government is facing renewed pressure to legalise same-sex marriage after a court ruled its ban is unconstitutional.
32% :READ MORE: Majority support legalisation of same-sex marriage in Japan, poll findsThe survey was conducted just one week after Prime Minister Fumio Kishida fired an aide who made homophobic comments about not wanting to live next to LGBTQ+ couples and expressed a desire to leave Japan if same-sex marriage was introduced.

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