TOKYO -- The Tokyo High Court on Wednesday ruled that the Japanese government's failure to extend marriage rights to same-sex couples violates two clauses of the country's constitution, in another significant win for the nation's LGBTQ community following an earlier ruling in March along similar lines.
The court found that the lack of legal protections for same-sex couples violates Article 14, Clause 1, of the country's basic law, which guarantees equality for all, and Article 24, Clause 2, which states that marriage should be based on "individual dignity."
