Editing Homosexuality in Japan (section)

===2021 court ruling===
{{Main|Recognition of same-sex unions in Japan}}

In March 2021, the Sapporo District Court of Japan declared and announced that the 1984 law banning [[same-sex marriage]] is [[Constitution of Japan|unconstitutional]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-56425002 |title=Japan Court Finds Same-Sex Marriage Ban Unconstitutional |date=March 17, 2021 |website=BBC News |access-date=April 2, 2021}}</ref> In June 2022, the Osaka District Court released a ruling which upheld the ban as unconstitutional.<ref>{{cite news |last1=The Associated Press |title=Japan court says ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional |url=https://www.npr.org/2022/06/20/1106313824/japan-court-ban-on-same-sex-marriage-constitutional |access-date=25 June 2022 |work=NPR |date=20 June 2022 |language=en}}</ref>