 In January 2018, after a high-profile incident in 2015, in which a gay student at Hitotsubashi University committed suicide after being outed against his will, the city of Kunitachi passed an "anti-outing" ordinance to promote understanding of LGBT people.Mie Prefecture passed a similar "anti-outing" law in June 2020.In June 2019, after three years of consultations, a special committee of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) announced the "LGBT Understanding and Enhancement Bill", which aims to improve understanding of LGBT issues, would be introduced to the National Diet.