LLAN held our Seventh Equality Gala online on 16 November. Please watch the video at LLAN’s YouTube channel.
The Program includes:
Report on LLAN Activities by Fujita Naosuke and Alexander Dmitrenko, LLAN Co-Chairs
Special Greetings from
–Rachel Keller, aka Samantha from “Tokyo Vice”
–Japanese Politicians
Ishikawa Taiga, Member of the House of Councillors
Makishima Karen, Member of the House of Representatives
Shiozaki Akihisa, Member of the House of Representatives
Koike Yuriko, the Governor of Tokyo
–Evan Wolfson, Founder, Freedom to Marry
Special video message by Sonim from “Kinky Boots”
Update on the marriage equality movement in Japan
Presentation by Marriage for All Japan by Terahara Makiko, Marriage for All Japan
“Why partnership is not marriage” Umino Kaoru, LLAN Director, DLA Piper
Keynote Speech by the British Ambassador to Japan, Her Excellency Ms. Julia Longbottom CMG
Special Performance by Ukrainian Diva Oksana Stepanyuk
Sponsors
We would like to extend our gratitude to our sponsors for their generous support
(Platinum Sponsors) AI-EI Law • Allen & Overy • Andaz Tokyo • Anderson Mori & Tomotsune • Ashurst • Davis Polk & Wardwell • DLA Piper • Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer • Herbert Smith Freehills • Johnson & Johnson・Le Creuset • Linklaters • Morgan Stanley MUFG • Mori Hamada & Matsumoto • Morrison & Foerster • Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu • Nishimura & Asahi • Nomura Real Estate • Nohga Hotel・Pillsbury • Ritz-Carlton, Tokyo • Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom • White & Case
(Gold Sponsors) Clifford Chance・Mamma Luisa’s Table・Microsoft・The Peninsula・Shangri-La・Union Square Café
