Six people who underwent sex-change operations have separately filed petitions at four family courts in eastern Japan to change their gender as recorded in family registrations, it was learned Thursday.
According to sources familiar with the cases, the six claim they experience difficulties in daily life as their legal gender remains unchanged despite their operations.
The court's handling of the petitions may test the extent to which Japanese society accepts sex changes.
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