Tokyo court says Japanese constitution does NOT give a right to equal marriage. A great shame. Previous courts have been more favourable. OTOH, I do think it's better on the whole to get an explicit buy-in to equal marriage. This 'constitution' strategy (re-interpreting a document that clearly wasn't written with the intention of providing for equal marriage) seems very vulnerable going forward. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clyz7njqwvvo #japan #lgbtq #equalmarriage #samesexmarriage #samegendermarriage #japanlgbt