HIROSAKI CITY TO CERTIFY LGBT COUPLES UNDER THE ‘PARTNERSHIP OATH SCHEME’

Highlights –

• Hirosaki city to certify LGBT couples under the ‘partnership oath scheme’.
• The oath scheme will certify LGBT and sexual minority couples in a relationship equivalent to a married couple.
• Hirosaki Mayor Hiroshi Sakurada unveiled the plan on Sept.11.
• Certain criteria must be met to be eligible for the scheme.

Japan’s Hirosak....