Foreign students who spoke with Nikkei Asia complained of a double standard. Japan is taking precautions to receive upward of 11,000 athletes from around the world with minimal public health risk this ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s foreign students complain Olympians given priority entry
Foreign students who spoke with Nikkei Asia complained of a double standard. Japan is taking precautions to receive upward of 11,000 athletes from around the world with minimal public health risk this ... ( read original story ...)
Four more Japanese banks sign up to the Poseidon Principles
and MUFG Bank – all from Japan – have announced that they have joined the green financing initiative. Together with Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, that joined in March 2020, five out of the 24 ... ( read original story ...)
Japan stocks end flat as investors await Fed, BOJ verdicts
Japan's central bank could abandon a numerical target for exchange-traded fund (ETFs) purchases, but analysts say the stock market is strong enough to continue rising if that did happen. ( read original story ...)
Court says Japan’s ban on same-sex marriage unconstitutional
A Japanese court ruled Wednesday the government's ban on same-sex marriages is unconstitutional, recognizing the rights of same-sex couples for the first time in the only Group ... ( read original story ...)
Japan school lunch menu changed as festive rice deemed inappropriate on earthquake anniv.
YOKOHAMA -- A last-minute change was made to the March 11 lunch menu at municipal elementary schools in this city south of Tokyo, after individuals affiliated with the schools claimed that the ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s failure to recognize same-sex marriage is ‘unconstitutional,’ court rules
A Japanese court has ruled that not allowing same-sex marriage is unconstitutional, according to Kyodo News agency, a landmark decision that could herald a new era for marriage equality in the country ... ( read original story ...)
Landmark Japan court ruling says not allowing same-sex marriage is ‘unconstitutional’
The ruling, the first in Japan on the legality of same-sex marriages, is a major symbolic victory in a country where the constitution defines marriage as being based on “the mutual consent of both ... ( read original story ...)
Japan court says it’s ‘unconstitutional’ to not allow same-sex marriage
In a landmark ruling, Japan's Sapporo District Court on Wednesday said that not allowing same-sex couples to marry is "unconstitutional." This is the first ever ruling in Japan regarding the legality ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Court Rules Same-Sex Couples Have Constitutional Right to Marry in Landmark Decision
A Japanese court ruled for the first time that the country’s constitution gives same-sex couples the right to marry, a pathbreaking decision in a region of the world that generally hasn’t permitted ... ( read original story ...)
Japan gay marriage ban ruled unconstitutional
A district court in Japan has in a landmark decision ruled that the country's failure to recognise same-sex marriage is "unconstitutional".Japan's constitution defines marriage as one between "both ... ( read original story ...)
In landmark ruling, Japan court says not allowing same-sex marriage is ‘unconstitutional’
A Japenese district court on Wednesday ruled that not allowing same-sex couples to marry is "unconstitutional", setting a new precedent in the only G7 nation not to fully recognise same-sex ... ( read original story ...)
Japan shares edge up in cautious trade as central bank meetings loom
Japanese stocks edged a tick higher on Wednesday as investors bought individual shares with bright earnings prospects, though the overall mood was cautious in the run-up to key meetings by the U.S. ( read original story ...)
Japan households amass record financial assets as COVID-19 crimps spending
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese households' financial assets hit a fresh record near 2 quadrillion yen last year, half of which was in cash and bank deposits, in a sign the coronavirus pandemic ... ( read original story ...)
Japan temporarily sets higher tariffs on U.S. beef imports
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan is temporarily raising tariffs on U.S. beef imports as volumes have exceeded levels agreed to between the two nations for the fiscal year ending on March 31, Japan's ... ( read original story ...)
Japan, US criticize China in top Biden officials’ first trip
Japan and the United States joined forces to criticize China's “coercion and aggression" in Asia as senior ministers from both countries held their first in-person talks ... ( read original story ...)