By TAKESHI AMANO/ Staff Writer
December 14, 2020 at 18:35 JST
Akashi Mayor Fusaho Izumi explains his city’s new partnership system that recognizes same-sex couples' children as their “family” on Dec. 10. (Takeshi Amano)
AKASHI, Hyogo Prefecture--Akashi city in January will become the first local government in Japan to introduce a partnership system that treats the children of same-sex couples as “family,” city officials said on Dec. 10. [Read More]
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