As of October 1, there are now 60 local governments in Japan that allow LGBT couples to register their relationships so they can get equal treatment in various aspects of their daily lives, such as the ability to move into municipal and/or prefectural public housing units! https://twitter.com/writerofscratch/status/1306540888026476545

2. On May 15, the number stood at 50 local governments. Since then the following municipalities have joined the growing list:

・Towns: Hayama
・Cities: Sakado, Kyoto, Kaizuka, Kawanishi, Kawasaki, Okayama, Inabe, Tondabayashi and Ashiya. https://twitter.com/writerofscratch/status/1261754768067829760?s=19

3. According to my current knowledge, the next partnership system should be starting in November in Kitamoto City. Nevertheless, it's definitely possible we'll see more partnership systems starting this month. I may have missed announcements for instance. https://twitter.com/writerofscratch/status/1306559513936396288?s=19

4. As I said: it was definitely possible more partnership systems would start in October. Approximately a week after I posted the preceding tweet of this thread, it became known Koganei City would start one on the 20th, and this has now become reality: https://twitter.com/writerofscratch/status/1318551604476416004?s=19