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LGBTQ groups demand Japan adopt equal rights law by G-7

From top left, Soshi Matsuoka, organizer of "Demand for Laws to Protect Rights of LGBTQ People in Japan", Yuichi Kamiya, Executive Director of the Japan Alliance for LGBT Legislation, Takako Uesugi, director for Marriage For All Japan, Gon Matsunaka, director for Marriage For All Japan, Yuki Anma, Director of the Japan Alliance for LGBT Legislation, Akira Nishiyama, Deputy Secretary General of the Japan Alliance for LGBT Legislation,Kanae Doi, Japan Director for Human Rights Watch, pose for photographers during a press conference Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023, in Tokyo. Japanese LGBTQ people and rights groups held news conference to protest what they say are discriminatory remarks made by top aides of Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. They demand his government enact an equality law before G-7 summit. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko) From left, Soshi Matsuoka, organizer of organizer of "Demand for Laws to Protect Rights of LGBTQ People in Japan", Yuki Anma, Director of the Japan Alliance for LGBT Legislation, Akira Nishiyama, Deputy Secretary General of the Japan Alliance for LGBT Legislation, Yuichi Kamiya, Executive Director of the Japan Alliance for LGBT Legislation, Takako Uesugi, director for Marriage For All Japan, Gon Matsunaka, director for Marriage For All Japan Kanae Doi, Japan Director for Human Rights Watch, attend a press conference Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023, in Tokyo. Japanese LGBTQ people and rights groups hold news conference to protest what they say are discriminatory remarks made by top aides of Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. They demand his government enact an equality law before G-7 summit. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko) Representatives of Japanese LGBTQ people and rights groups, pose for photographers during a press conference Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023, in Tokyo. Japanese LGBTQ people and rights groups held a news conference to protest what they say are discriminatory remarks made by top aides of Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. They demand his government enact an equality law before G-7 summit. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko) Yuichi Kamiya, Executive Director of the Japan Alliance for LGBT Legislation, shows a document during a press conference Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023, in Tokyo. Japanese LGBTQ people and rights groups held a news conference to protest what they say are discriminatory remarks made by top aides of Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. They demand his government enact an equality law before G-7 summit. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko) Yuichi Kamiya, Executive Director of the Japan Alliance for LGBT Legislation, speaks during a press conference Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023, in Tokyo. Japanese LGBTQ people and rights groups hold a news conference to protest what they say are discriminatory remarks made by top aides of Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. They demand his government enact an equality law before G-7 summit. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
LGBTQ groups demand Japan adopt equal rights law by G-7