3rd municipality in Japan starts issuing same-sex partnership papers

Sakae Okamoto (2nd from R), the mayor of Iga in the central Japanese prefecture of Mie, and Shoichi Yamaguchi (3rd from L), an advocate of LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) rights from the prefecture, release balloons in front of the municipal office building on April 1, 2016. They were commemorating the city becoming the country's third municipality the same day with a system of issuing certificates recognizing same-sex partnership as being equivalent to marriage. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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