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Japanese High Court: “By the Binary Distinction of Male and Female in Family Registers Infringes on the Right to Equality”
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In a family court case filed in Japan by a "non-binary" individual seeking to correct their gender designation on the family register, a local High Court ruled that the current system violates the Constitution. (December 12)
In an appeal hearing regarding a case in which a non-binary person, who does not fit into either the male or female categories, sought to change their family register entry from "eldest daughter" to one that does not specify their gender, the Osaka High Court (Presiding Judge Masahiro Oshima) ruled that the Family Register Act does not allow entries other than male and female…
·Tokyo, Japan
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