Japan ruling party shelves submitting LGBT bill to Diet session

Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party decided Friday not to submit to the current parliament session a cross-party bill to promote greater awareness among the public of sexual minorities in the country.The decision was made amid difficulties in reaching consensus between LDP lawmakers, with some conservative factions voicing strong objection to the bill and stalling the approval process at the party's General Council.Tsutomu Sato, chairman of the council and one of the party's top-ranking officials, said at a press conference after a panel meeting it would be impossible to pass the bill b…READ FULL ARTICLE