Japan: Support for Same-Sex Marriage

42.3%
 Adults support or somewhat supported same-sex marriage

Submitted by danlev Jul 31, 2015

Score	42 / 100
Weight	100 / 100
Time decay factor (11 years)	0.0563 (0.75¹⁰)
Adjusted weight (after time decay)	5.6 / 100

(Asahi Shimbun, 2023)

72%

of voters support the legalization of gay marriage

18%

do not support it

(Dentsu, 2019)

78.4%

Support the legalization of same-sex marriage (ages 20-59)

(Dentsu, 2018)

8.9%

of Japanese people, age 20 to 59, identify as LGBT

(Dentsu (online survey), 2015)

7.7%

of Japanese people between 20 and 59 identify as LGBT