Court rules Japan’s ban on same-sex marriage is ‘unconstitutional’

Participants hold placards and banners during the Tokyo Rainbow Pride 2015 parade. (Photo: Getty/ TORU YAMANAKA/AFP)

A district court in Japan has ruled that blocking same-sex marriage is “unconstitutional”, in a historic victory for the country’s LGBT+ community.

Although the country’s constitution currently defines marriage as based on “the mutual consent of both sexes”, the court…