https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news ... ries/2580/
The government responded by saying Japanese society at that time lacked understanding about gender identity and the use of toilets.
I mean, "gender identity" as a concept is not well defined or understood.
Higashi stresses that transgender issues must be treated completely separately from incidents such as men dressing as females to enter women's toilets.
...and we will differentiate the two how? In the land of upskirts, groping, sharking, etc. this will not end well. We already have family/handicapped toilets, might as well add transgender to the target users.