Fukuoka begins recognizing LGBT partnership

The city of Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, began recognizing on Monday partnerships of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender couples, adding to nationwide efforts to eliminate discrimination against sexual minorities.Fukuoka became the seventh municipality in the country to issue such proof after Tokyo's Shibuya Ward established a similar system for the first time in 2015.Fukuoka Mayor Soichiro Takashima handed the first proof authenticating the partnership oath submitted by a couple at the city hall."We've already spent our lives together as a family but we're happy (to be recognized) becau…READ FULL ARTICLE