Current Version
| Region | Japan |
| Issue | LGBT discrimination |
| Status | Illegal in some contexts |
| Start Date | 2018 |
| End Date | now |
| Description | Housing discrimination is illegal in Japan. Japan does not have national employment anti-discrimination laws, although Tokyo, Ibaraki and Akita offer local protections. |
| Sources | https://www.hrw.org/news/2023/07/12/japan-passes-law-promote-understanding-lgbt-people https://elaws.e-gov.go.jp/document?lawid=505AC1000000068 (in Japanese) |
Revision History (9)
Revision by Doomdorm64. Updating description
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| Value | Illegal | Illegal in some contexts |
| Description | Housing discrimination is illegal in Japan, and employment discrimination is illegal in Tokyo, Ibaraki and Akita (Nationwide pending) | Housing discrimination is illegal in Japan. Japan does not have national employment anti-discrimination laws, although Tokyo, Ibaraki and Akita offer local protections. |
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Revision by maansf. edit law
| Old Value | New Value | |
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| Value | (REMOVED) | Illegal |
| Special Status | Ambiguous | (REMOVED) |
| Start Date | Jun 23, 2023 | 2018 |
| Description | Though a new law was passed in June 2023, this law merely "promotes the understanding of SOGI" and only refers to anti-discrimination in principle. It does not specifically ban or illegalize LGBTQ discrimination. | Housing discrimination is illegal in Japan, and employment discrimination is illegal in Tokyo, Ibaraki and Akita (Nationwide pending) |
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Revision by Doomdorm64. Tweaking description
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| Value | No protections | (REMOVED) |
| Special Status | (REMOVED) | Ambiguous |
Revision by Notdog1996. Fixing dates
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| Start Date | 2018 | Jun 23, 2023 |
| End Date | Jun 23, 2023 | (NONE) |
Revision by danlev. Reverting plagiarism.
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| Value | (REMOVED) | No protections |
| End Date | (NONE) | Jun 23, 2023 |
| Description | In October 2018, the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly passed a law prohibiting all discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity. The law, which took effect in April 2019, also commits the Metropolitan Government to raise awareness of LGBT people and "conduct measures needed to make sure human rights values are rooted in all corners of the city". The law outlaws expressing hateful rhetoric in public. Prior to this, the wards of Shibuya and Setagaya had already passed explicit protections for LGBT people. basis of sexual orientation.[72][73] In March 2019, legislation banning discrimination against "sexual minorities" was passed in Ibaraki Prefecture. In April 2022, legislation prohibiting discrimination among others sexual orientation and gender identity came into operation in Akita Prefecture. | Though a new law was passed in June 2023, this law merely "promotes the understanding of SOGI" and only refers to anti-discrimination in principle. It does not specifically ban or illegalize LGBTQ discrimination. |
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Revision by ernylucas. Edit law
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| Value | No protections | (REMOVED) |
| Start Date | Jun 23, 2023 | 2018 |
| Description | Though a new law was passed in June 2023, this law merely "promotes the understanding of SOGI" and only refers to anti-discrimination in principle. It does not specifically ban or illegalize LGBTQ discrimination. | In October 2018, the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly passed a law prohibiting all discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity. The law, which took effect in April 2019, also commits the Metropolitan Government to raise awareness of LGBT people and "conduct measures needed to make sure human rights values are rooted in all corners of the city". The law outlaws expressing hateful rhetoric in public. Prior to this, the wards of Shibuya and Setagaya had already passed explicit protections for LGBT people. basis of sexual orientation.[72][73] In March 2019, legislation banning discrimination against "sexual minorities" was passed in Ibaraki Prefecture. In April 2022, legislation prohibiting discrimination among others sexual orientation and gender identity came into operation in Akita Prefecture. |
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Revision by Iwamoto. Add the severe limitation of the new law and replace the source, which cites EAJ campaign site expr essing the demands of the LGBTQ community for anti-discrimination law.
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| Value | Illegal in some contexts | No protections |
| Start Date | 2023 | Jun 23, 2023 |
| Description | a new. law was passed | Though a new law was passed in June 2023, this law merely "promotes the understanding of SOGI" and only refers to anti-discrimination in principle. It does not specifically ban or illegalize LGBTQ discrimination. |
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| Sources | https://www.hrw.org/EqualityActJapan | https://www.hrw.org/news/2023/07/12/japan-passes-law-promote-understanding-lgbt-people https://elaws.e-gov.go.jp/document?lawid=505AC1000000068 (in Japanese) |
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Revision by Samuel_NOT_Samuele. added
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| Start Date | (NONE) | 2023 |
| End Date | 2023 | (NONE) |
Reports (4)
- Newer law has been passed "The new law, LGBT understanding promotion law, doesn't prohibit disicrimination on LGBT. "
- Note field is incorrect "The note is unclear and the link is to an old article trying to promote LGBTQ support before the Olympics that occurred in Tokyo. I didn't see any mention of new laws being passed."
- Sources are invalid or broken "The source cited is EAJ, which is a campaign site expressing the demands of the LGBTQ community for anti -discrimination law. It needs to be updated since the newly introduced law has failed to meet our demands to illegalize LGBTQ discrimination in any specific way."
- Status is not correct "Though a new law was passed in June 2023, this law merely "promotes the understanding of SOGI" and only refers to anti-discrimination in principle. It does not specifically ban or illegalize LGBTQ discrimination."
Revision by Samuel_NOT_Samuele. aderd
| Old Value (Original) | New Value | |
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| Value | No protections | Illegal in some contexts |
| End Date | (NONE) | 2023 |
| Description | Paragraph 2 on the source says that there is no protection on lgbtq discrimination | a new. law was passed |
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