Japan's Olympic chief marks pride week with LGBTQ event
Japanese lawmaker Goshi Hosono speaks during a meeting of "LGBT Equality Law" in Tokyo, Tuesday, April 27, 2021. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)

Japanese lawmaker Goshi Hosono speaks during a meeting of "LGBT Equality Law" in Tokyo, Tuesday, April 27, 2021. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)

Apr. 27, 2021 02:26 AM EDT
Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee President Seiko Hashimoto wearing a rainbow-colored mask with word "Equality" speaks during her visit to Pride House Tokyo Legacy in Tokyo Tuesday, April 27, 2021. Japan marked LGBTQ week with pledge to push for equality law before the Olympics. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, Pool)

Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee President Seiko Hashimoto wearing a rainbow-colored mask with word "Equality" speaks during her visit to Pride House Tokyo Legacy in Tokyo Tuesday, April 27, 2021. Japan marked LGBTQ week with pledge to push for equality law before the Olympics. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, Pool)

Apr. 27, 2021 04:47 AM EDT
Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee President Seiko Hashimoto wearing a rainbow-colored mask with word "Equality" poses for a photo with representatives and staff at Pride House Tokyo Legacy during her visit, in Tokyo Tuesday, April 27, 2021. Japan marked LGBTQ week with pledge to push for equality law before the Olympics. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, Pool)

Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee President Seiko Hashimoto wearing a rainbow-colored mask with word "Equality" poses for a photo with representatives and staff at Pride House Tokyo Legacy during her visit, in Tokyo Tuesday, April 27, 2021. Japan marked LGBTQ week with pledge to push for equality law before the Olympics. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, Pool)

Apr. 27, 2021 04:45 AM EDT
Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee President Seiko Hashimoto, left, listens to Gon Matsunaka, head of Pride House Tokyo Legacy, during her visit, in Tokyo Tuesday, April 27, 2021. Japan marked LGBTQ week with pledge to push for equality law before the Olympics. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, Pool)

Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee President Seiko Hashimoto, left, listens to Gon Matsunaka, head of Pride House Tokyo Legacy, during her visit, in Tokyo Tuesday, April 27, 2021. Japan marked LGBTQ week with pledge to push for equality law before the Olympics. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, Pool)

Apr. 27, 2021 04:56 AM EDT
Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee President Seiko Hashimoto wears a rainbow-colored mask with word "Equality" during her visit to Pride House Tokyo Legacy in Tokyo Tuesday, April 27, 2021. Japan marked LGBTQ week with pledge to push for equality law before the Olympics. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, Pool)

Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee President Seiko Hashimoto wears a rainbow-colored mask with word "Equality" during her visit to Pride House Tokyo Legacy in Tokyo Tuesday, April 27, 2021. Japan marked LGBTQ week with pledge to push for equality law before the Olympics. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, Pool)

Apr. 27, 2021 04:48 AM EDT
Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee President Seiko Hashimoto, center, wearing a rainbow-colored mask poses for a photo with representatives and staff at Pride House Tokyo Legacy during her visit, in Tokyo Tuesday, April 27, 2021. Japan marked LGBTQ week with pledge to push for equality law before the Olympics. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, Pool)

Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee President Seiko Hashimoto, center, wearing a rainbow-colored mask poses for a photo with representatives and staff at Pride House Tokyo Legacy during her visit, in Tokyo Tuesday, April 27, 2021. Japan marked LGBTQ week with pledge to push for equality law before the Olympics. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, Pool)

Apr. 27, 2021 04:50 AM EDT
Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee President Seiko Hashimoto wearing a rainbow-colored mask with word "Equality" visits Pride House Tokyo Legacy in Tokyo Tuesday, April 27, 2021. Japan marked LGBTQ week with pledge to push for equality law before the Olympics. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, Pool)

Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee President Seiko Hashimoto wearing a rainbow-colored mask with word "Equality" visits Pride House Tokyo Legacy in Tokyo Tuesday, April 27, 2021. Japan marked LGBTQ week with pledge to push for equality law before the Olympics. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, Pool)

Apr. 27, 2021 04:39 AM EDT
Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee President Seiko Hashimoto, center, poses for a photo with representatives and staff at Pride House Tokyo Legacy during her visit to the house, in Tokyo Tuesday, April 27, 2021. Japan marked LGBTQ week with pledge to push for equality law before the Olympics. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, Pool)

Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee President Seiko Hashimoto, center, poses for a photo with representatives and staff at Pride House Tokyo Legacy during her visit to the house, in Tokyo Tuesday, April 27, 2021. Japan marked LGBTQ week with pledge to push for equality law before the Olympics. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, Pool)

Apr. 27, 2021 05:08 AM EDT
Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee President Seiko Hashimoto, center, is guided Gon Matsunaka, left, head of Pride House Tokyo Legacy, and another staff during her visit to the house in Tokyo Tuesday, April 27, 2021. Japan marked LGBTQ week with pledge to push for equality law before the Olympics. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, Pool)

Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee President Seiko Hashimoto, center, is guided Gon Matsunaka, left, head of Pride House Tokyo Legacy, and another staff during her visit to the house in Tokyo Tuesday, April 27, 2021. Japan marked LGBTQ week with pledge to push for equality law before the Olympics. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, Pool)

Apr. 27, 2021 04:58 AM EDT
Yukio Edano, head of the main opposition Constitutional of Democratic Party, wearing a rainbow-colored mask with word "Equality" speaks during a meeting of "LGBT Equality Act Japan" in Tokyo, Tuesday, April 27, 2021. Japanese activists, their supporters and lawmakers gathered in person and online at a “Rainbow parliament” event Tuesday as they marked Japan's sexual minority pride week to gain momentum for their push toward an enactment of a LGBTQ equality law before the Olympics. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)

Yukio Edano, head of the main opposition Constitutional of Democratic Party, wearing a rainbow-colored mask with word "Equality" speaks during a meeting of "LGBT Equality Act Japan" in Tokyo, Tuesday, April 27, 2021. Japanese activists, their supporters and lawmakers gathered in person and online at a “Rainbow parliament” event Tuesday as they marked Japan's sexual minority pride week to gain momentum for their push toward an enactment of a LGBTQ equality law before the Olympics. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)

Apr. 27, 2021 04:10 AM EDT