section_path: Government and politics/Human rights
section_name: Human rights
paragraph_text: Human rights
  
  Japan has faced criticism for not allowing same-sex marriages, despite a majority of Japanese people supporting marriage equality. It is the least developed out of the G7 countries in terms of LGBT equality. Japan legally prohibits racial and religious discrimination under its constitution. Japan is also a signatory to the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, while facing criticism for racial profiling by police. Japan is among the few developed countries which still legally retain and actively allow capital punishment.