First ruling on crime victim survivor benefits: same-sex partners also eligible: Supreme Court. Yasuhide Uchiyama (49) of Nagoya City lost his male partner who was living with him to death.
He applied for government benefits meant for the families of crime victims, but was not approved. There are many provisions, such as pensions, that treat common-law partners in the same way as legally married partners, and this may have an impact on discussions of similar provisions.