TOKYO -- The top bench of Japan's Supreme Court on Wednesday heard arguments from a transgender woman on the constitutionality of a law that requires sterilization before citizens can change their legal gender.
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People protest against a bill to promote understanding of sexual minorities on June 15 in Tokyo. © Kyodo
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