Pressure has been growing to legalise same-sex unions after several district courts ruled that a ban on them was ...
An aide to Prime Minister Fumio Kishida who was sacked over a homophobic tirade said some Japanese people would “abandon” their country if same-sex marriage was legalized. Japanese people are ...
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said the country’s ban on same-sex marriage is not discriminatory, insisting that constitutional freedom of marriage only envisions heterosexual unions, a ...
Kaoru Sasaki, center, front row, heads to the Sapporo District Court on Sept. 11, 2023. (Kyodo) SAPPORO (Kyodo) -- A Japanese court ruled Monday that a person in a same-sex relationship is not ...
Thirteen gay couples are filing Japan’s first lawsuits challenging the constitutionality of the country’s rejection of same-sex marriage. The Valentine’s Day lawsuits to be filed in Tokyo ...
One night, as I mindlessly brushed my teeth, the love of my life uttered a statement that caused me to question who I’d been sleeping beside all these years. After five years together, I thought ...
Why I Adopted My Husband is a nonfiction manga about a gay couple in Japan choosing adoption because same-sex marriage isn't ...
Since then, Japan has introduced legislation prohibiting anti-LGBTQ discrimination, and in a landmark case this July, the Supreme Court ruled that a government ministry's refusal to allow a ...
The ruling by the city’s Court of Final Appeal stops short of recognizing same-sex marriage, but some experts see the outcome as a small step forward. By Derrick Bryson Taylor Hong Kong’s top ...
Alray Nelson and his partner Brennen Yonnie are married in all but name. They’ve been together for 12 years. They’ve raised a child together. They wear wedding rings and refer to each other as ...
Rahm Emanuel is making trouble for the Biden administration. We can only guess at his agenda, but we miss a mayor willing to ...
The Sapporo District Court ruled on Monday that a person in a same-sex relationship is not entitled to spousal benefits provided to a person in marriage or in a common-law marital relationship ...
