On the morning of April 2, Masahiro Shimada, 49, and Katsunori Kano, 45, who publicly registered their partnership in 2016 under Iga's partnership system, applied at Iga City Hall's resident section counter for the newly introduced certificate based on revised city guidelines. The city subsequently issued them the new two-page document naming Kano as "head of household" and Shimada as "husband (unregistered)."
Holding the newly issued document, Shimada commented, "In the future, I hope we can legally marry. This is a big step forward," while Kano added, "I feel secure living in a city that issues this."
by SkyInJapan
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While I absolutely hate that we still don’t have marriage for all in Japan, I think it’s so great that several municipalities are standing behind their LGBTQ residents and building workarounds. Shows that there are people willing to make a change even in “government”, which we usually expect to be the domain of dinosaurs.