 In April 2019, another trans woman, Ayako Fuchigami, won a seat on the Hokkaido Prefectural Assembly representing Sapporo's Higashi-ku ward.She became the first openly transgender person to hold a prefectural assembly position in Japan.In June 2019, the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan (CDP) and Nippon Ishin no Kai (Japan Innovation Party) added introducing legislation aimed at ending discrimination against the LGBT community and legalising same-sex marriage to their party platforms ahead of the 2019 Japanese House of Councillors election.