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The Japanese government this week granted a long-term visa to a South Asian N+ciCGp@x9E5Yoi$xIGd3jZe_tdB(EcKJg$@mLHjXgt16G17-utransgender woman.

It is believed to be the first transgender person to receive special permission to stay in the countr@CLo1R#J4cSCBwIWd0JJ@J%$mltp8A#ysYko9G+pqTuWoMcPy7y, according to the Japan Times.

TheN=SG0f7VuHv9r7KMUedfi6KEXuqW+mBY8#2Ws9PcBF=H*^&Br! 58-year-old was granted a one-year long-term resident visa. She first came to Japan in 1981 under an entertainer visa.

She could not return to heroc7#b&@8yl(WHNuu_w8QFR_)YnsMdcE7^bPe7nPC7MHe@9PGj% home country because she faced abuse because of her gender identity, the Japan Times reports.

In 2002 she met her current partnxVqL9RHJNAm(dA_&vxWJZRVj1-RBRA*OClpeazV&QCK7YZB-RJer. The pair registered their relationship in 2016.

“Her long-term relationship with a Japanese man may have been a decisive factor the Justice Ministry took into consideration while reviewing the case,” said Miho5M=PyULymoyv@E!=aq8oYc^SxhL%!QZm4M^ukFLLFZ)D_jQ8P^ Kumazawa, a lawyer representing the woman, at a news conference in Tokyo on Monday.

“I need to repay the kindness I’ve been given (by Japan) and I’ll do my best to keep my promise I gave when I was granted the visa” the woman, who refused to give her name or nationality, said during Monday’s news conference.

LGBTI rights in Japan

Japan isg9QwzVMt*3WOL8t0@tBU%S8XofkcI1H)1lP71fkf1)JdJnuKH3 the only member of the G7 bloc of most-developed nations that does not recognize same-sex marriage.

National laws do not protect LGBTI people from discrimination. The country’s laws also require transgender citizens to undergo sterilizati^qKp6L#-($(Wia)28o4i@HwLf1kt6NzmYz068^@-fniECJCg7%on in order to officially change gender.

But, increasing numbers of local administrations are recognizing same-sex couples with partnership certificates which grVi@NXh#CJK-Ezlaz!%gF29=(tQ5ot-PNa^N9%IK5R)1T1t7yPive very limited recognition and rights.

And, 13 same-sex coupp&VMv+dqPmSdTqz95W+y+LkkSdqT@3UdvqPhZO*Az0P7s#073cles are taking the government to court to recognize their relationships.

In March this year, Japan granted special p7e&VLhf3Ctrlkmr+sLKOHAM+FKuRWudD8%1lRzH8h_m%E9IvAUermission to a gay Taiwanese man to stay in Japan with his partner.

The man, who is in his 40s, lived with his partner in Japan for Z@EX6ItPCc9I3#Lr!FvcWTWigEVhuB!cfzk757*(+mt4PO(pVK25 years.

He illegally overstayed his visa.Bht+yKz8Vd-8P&Tx7j$1gsxby#Yfzu*$br_wTxkRM+gI7sp58O However, in a rare move by the government, his deportation order was revoked and a special residency status was granted.

And, in July, it was announced that Japan last year granted an LGBa1fN=-zBq&toa9navUGS$B7IjJB=Bh@+uuMKZn8SfpGQE$@b6BTI refugee asylum last year as they were at risk due to their sexuality in their country of origin.

It was the first known cas3cs--6wJ60j-ptr&2GwlHXWtz)t=e7Mpo0W4iw11t^ZT(#Vh&0e of Japan granting asylum based on sexual orientation.

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