A ban on same-sex marriage in Japan has been backed by a court in the city of Osaka.
Japan is the only country in the G7 that does not allow same-sex couples to marry.
Three same-sex couples – two male and one female – filed a case against the law in the Osaka district court in Japan’s second legal challenge over the ban. But in a huge blow to LGBTQ rights activists, the court rejected their claim that being banned from marrying was unconstitutional.
