Related: Tunisia recognizes its first same-sex marriage…kindaJudge Tomoko Takebe rejected their application for damages.
However, the judge said that not allowing the couples to marry was unconstitutional, pointing to Article 14 of the Japanese Constitution prohibiting discrimination “because of race, creed, sex, social status or family origin.”According to Japanese law, marriage is allowed following “the mutual consent of both sexes.” This is currently interpreted as allowing marriage only between a man and a woman.