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Same-sex marriage in Japan
Same-sex marriage is not legal in Japan.
==Legal Status of same-sex marriage==
Article 24 of the Japanese constitution states: "Marriage shall be based only on the mutual consent of both sexes and it shall be maintained through mutual cooperation with the equal rights of husband and wife as a basis." Previous to the current constitution, a couple in Japan could marry only if their respective head of household (the father, or in the absence of a father, the eldest son) consented to the union. As a result, arranged marriage was the dominant form of marriage. Those couples who could not obtain permission had to elope and stay in common law marriage.
The purpose of Article 23 of the new constitution was to assert freedom of consenting adult to marry and explicitly establish the equality of both sexes in marriage. The wording defined marriage as a union of husband and wife. Some legal scholars argues that because the intent behind the Article was not in reference to same sex marriage, it need not apply in legalising same sex marriage. However, conservative lawmakers as well as legal scholars who take a literal approach to constitutional interpretation argue that such argument is a stretch.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Abe: Gay marriage not an option under the Constitution )〕
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