This article will examine the determinants of LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender) policy adoption in Shibuya, one of the twenty-three city wards of Tokyo, by taking an actor-specific approach to the first case of officially recognized same-sex partnership in Japan. How did the sexual minority issue become the subject of official agendas? How did actors both inside and outside the municipal government seize agenda-setting opportunities for government action? The results indicate that key policy makers’ entrepreneurship played a primary role in the official recognition of same-sex partnership by linking policy solutions with agenda-setting opportunities. This analysis demonstrates that the adoption of municipal LGBT policy does not necessarily reflect the redistribution of non-material resources, such as citizen values, but rather resembles the patterns of welfare politics.

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LGBT 政策采用的政治：日本语境下涩谷区的同性伴侣关系证书

本文将通过针对第一个官方认可的相同案例采取针对特定演员的方法，研究在涩谷（东京二十三个区之一）采纳 LGBT（女同性恋、男同性恋、双性恋和变性者）政策的决定因素。日本的性伙伴​​关系。性少数问题如何成为官方议程的主题？市政府内外的行动者如何抓住制定政府行动议程的机会？结果表明，通过将政策解决方案与议程设置机会联系起来，关键决策者的创业精神在官方承认同性伙伴关系方面发挥了主要作用。该分析表明，市政 LGBT 政策的采用并不一定反映非物质资源的重新分配，例如公民价值观、