News flash: Japan

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News flash: Japan 

What do you know about the LGBT Rights in Japan? 

Same-sex sexual activity was criminalised only briefly in Japan's history between 1872 and 1880

1. Yes
2. No

Japan is not the only country in the G7 that does not legally recognize same-sex unions in any form

1. Yes
2. No

Lesbian couples and single women are unable to access IVF and artificial insemination.

1. Yes
2. No

Discrimination on basis of sexual orientation and gender identity is legally punishable

1. Yes
2. No

Same-sex partners are not excluded from the Act on the Prevention of Spousal Violence and the Protection of Victims

1. Yes
2. No

Since when has the Tokyo Rainbow Pride been held anually, with attendance increasing every year?

1. 2009
2. 2005
3. 2012
4. 2016

A 2020 survey of over 10,000 LGBT people in Japan found that ... percent had been harassed or assaulted.

1. 51
2. 24
3. 79
4. 38

What does "pederasty" mean?

1. is a lesbian relationship between an adult woman and a pubescent or adolescent girl
2. is a homosexual relationship between an adult man and a pubescent or adolescent boy
3. is a relationship between an older man and a very young woman
4. is a relationship between an older woman and a very young man

Transgender man in Japan wants switch recognized without surgery

• Gen Suzuki (46, male) 
• switched gender in family register without sex reassignment surgery 
• masculinizing hormone therapy + surgically removed breast tissue
• sees sex reassignment surgery as "imposing a heavy impact on phisical and mental health" 

Transgender man in Japan wants switch recognized without surgery

In 2019, the Supreme Court ruled that Japanese law on gender identity disorder requiring sex reassignment surgery as a condition for changing one's legal gender is currently constitutional, but that this should be reviewed as social mores change.

LGBT Rights in Japan 

1. Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender people in Japan may face legal challenges
2. same-sex sexual activity was criminalised between 1872-1880
3. the only country (in the G7) that does not legally recognize same-sex unions in any form
4. lesbian couples and single woman are unable to access IVF and artificial inseminations
5. majority of Japanese citizens are in favor of accepting homosexuality 
6. discrimination on basis of sexual orientation and gender identity is not legally punishable
7. same-sex partners are excluded from the Act on the Prevention of Spousal Violence and the Protection of Victims

LGBT Rights in Japan: information and public opinion

• https://www.hrw.org/EqualityActJapan
  
• https://www.equaldex.com/region/japan?fbclid=IwAR2n3x1QefM4117yKs7dvccdllJVaMP8gvy0XZx4WB3nVl9KaNp7wwU0U1c

What do you know about earthquakes in Japan? 

Japan is well prepared for earthquakes. What actions have they taken?

1. people automatically have a hotkey on cell phones to call alert centres.
2. Japan has built its city so that an earthquake goes around it
3. cell phones come with an earthquake alert system & the houses and buildings are designed to move with the quake
4. Japan almost never experiences earthquakes.

Participation in natural disaster drills begins in kindergarten.

1. Yes
2. No

How often do earthquakes occur in Japan?

1. around 2,000 per year
2. around 1,500 per year
3. around 1,000 per year
4. less than 1,000 per year

When was Japan's last big earthquake?

1. 2011
2. 2015
3. 2021
4. 2001

What is the biggest earthquake ever recorded in Japan?

1. The Great Kanto earthquake in 1923
2. The Nagano earthquake in 1847
3. The Great Hanshin earthquake in 1995
4. The Töhoku earthquake in 2011

Japan is not part of the Pacific 'Ring of Fire', which sees intense seismic activity.

1. Yes
2. No

How many earthquakes has Japan had in 2021 so far?
!! The quakes range between 2.0 and 7.0 or above !!

1. 453
2. 7598
3. 1878
4. 5645

M5.9 quake hits northeastern Japan

• no tsunami threat 
• several people injured 
• damage to waterpipes 
• public transport put on hold 
• the nuclear power plants in  Aomori and Miyagi prefectures 

earthquakes in Japan

• https://www.worlddata.info/asia/japan/earthquakes.php?fbclid=IwAR1-ZIRA6uqcxHkwHDrzHguuBTL61GgLr_VrJP7j4DmR6yvKeT0aywuRH_8 -->  only the heaviest earthquakes (above magnitude 5) since 1950
  
• https://www.data.jma.go.jp/multi/quake/index.html?lang=en -->  recent earthquakes
•  https://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2116.html  --> more information about earthquakes

earthquake information: earthquakes today 

https://www.jma.go.jp/bosai/map.html#NaN/0/180/&elem=int&contents=earthquake_map&lang=en

sources

• https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2021/10/677abc2dd843-transgender-man-in-japan-wants-switch-recognized-without-surgery.html?fbclid=IwAR1fT567UOpoQ9g9qibSuxJG2w8MlhoWxbzXkg6U5rHjPYf41OqhJoJBxtc 
• https://www.eastasiaforum.org/2021/08/25/baby-steps-towards-lgbtiqa-inclusivity-in-japan/  
• https://www.hrw.org/EqualityActJapan
  
• https://www.equaldex.com/region/japan?fbclid=IwAR2n3x1QefM4117yKs7dvccdllJVaMP8gvy0XZx4WB3nVl9KaNp7wwU0U1c
  
• https://japantoday.com/category/national/update3-m5.9-quake-hits-northeastern-japan-no-tsunami-warning-issued
  
• https://www.worlddata.info/asia/japan/earthquakes.php?fbclid=IwAR1-ZIRA6uqcxHkwHDrzHguuBTL61GgLr_VrJP7j4DmR6yvKeT0aywuRH_8  
• https://www.data.jma.go.jp/multi/quake/index.html?lang=en 
• https://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2116.html 
• https://www.jma.go.jp/bosai/map.html#NaN/0/180/&elem=int&contents=earthquake_map&lang=en