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The couple were featured in BBC, [3] The Japan Times, [4] Japan Today [11] and in the TV show Asachan from TBS, in a section dedicated to foreign YouTube personalities based in Japan. [12] [13] Rachel and Jun have collaborations with other notable YouTubers such as Simon and Martina, [14] Sebastiano Serafini, The Anime Man, einshine, and ...
Japan has no laws against homosexual activity and has some legal protections for gay individuals, but the Japanese government does not recognize same-sex marriage. In 2008 however, a law was passed allowing transgender people who have gone through sex reassignment surgery to change their sex on legal documents.
According to the 2010 census, 58.9% of Japan's adult population is married, 13.9% of women and 3.1% of men are widowed, and 5.9% of women and 3.8% of men are divorced. [31] The annual number of marriages has dropped since the early 1970s, while divorces have shown a general upward trend.
A joint survey by the University of Tokyo and The Asahi Shimbun, conducted between March and April 2020, showed that 46% of Japanese people favored same-sex marriage, 31% were neutral and 23% were opposed. Among supporters of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), support stood at 41% and opposition at 29%.
Masao Matsumoto, 108, and his 100-year-old wife, Miyako, have been married since October 1937 and welcome their 25th great-grandchild last month. Secret to Japan couple's 80 years of marriage ...
Masao Matsumoto, 108, and his 100-year-old wife, Miyako, have been married since October 1937 and welcome their 25th great-grandchild last month. Secret to Japan couple's 80 years of marriage ...
[48] [49] In August 2023, Wakayama Prefecture proposed to locally introduce Japan's partnership system for same-sex couples. [50] In July 2022, Japanese video game company Nintendo announced its support for same-sex marriage and that it would recognize employees in same-sex partnerships as identical to opposite-sex marriages, in defiance of ...
Good Spouses Day was first proposed by the Leisure Development Center (currently the Japan Productivity Center) in 1988. A committee was established in 1998 to promote Good Spouses Day. Beginning in 2000, public voting is conducted each year to elect the Couple of the Year, a couple who is considered the most ideal. [Note 1]