U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel on Wednesday said he has 'full confidence' that the Japanese government will take the necessary steps to ban discrimination against LGBTQ people.
Updated on: February 15, 2023 / 12:11 PMU.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel on Wednesday said he has"full confidence" that the Japanese government will take the necessary steps to ban discrimination against LGBTQ people.
"I have full confidence based on the swiftness of the prime minister's actions," Emanuel said at a news conference. Campaigns for equal rights for sexual minorities have faced persistent and strong resistance from conservatives in Kishida's governing Liberal Democratic Party. An attempt to enact an equality awareness promotion law ahead of the 2021 Tokyo Olympics was quashed by the party.
At a recent rally, more than 30 LGBTQ and other rights groups adopted an appeal to Kishida and heads of both houses of parliament to enact an anti-discrimination law, not the awareness promotion legislation currently being considered by the governing party.
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