. >>> earlier kanako sachno spoke with nic world's koyama sakura on the issues. >> how are concerned groups and support parties responding to the start of dlib rageliberatio the bill? >> the first reaction was relief that the process to start the legislation has finally started, but they're not happy in the change of the wording of the bill. the line discrimination is unacceptable has been switched to unfair discrimination should not be allowed. critics say that makes the definition of discrimination too vague. >> and japanese courts are divided on this. there's been a number of rulings in courts. what are japanese people saying about this issue? >> we have some data nhk conducted in april. as you can see 44% of the respondents think same-sex marriage should be legally recognized. the younger generation in particular supports legalizing same-sex unions. and the overall number of people who support same-sex couples is also growing. let me give an example. they are a married couple who love visiting japan. two years ago they read about this temple near tokyo that held same-sex marriage