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In a landmark ruling, Japan’s Sapporo High Court declared that the country’s prohibition on same-sex marriage breaches the constitution, establishing a precedent for LGBTQ+ rights recognition in Japan ... ( read original story ...)

A panel of the Japan Society of Civil Engineers has revised up its estimate of economic damage from a powerful earthquake directly beneath the Tokyo area. It says long-term damage to the economy and ... ( read original story ...)

YouTuber and former lawmaker Yoshikazu Higashitani, better known by his online name GaaSyy, was found guilty on March 14 of threatening actor Go Ayano and others in his videos, and sentenced to three ... ( read original story ...)

Residents of Fukuyama were warned not to approach the cat after it fell into a vat of toxic chemicals in a factory and went on the loose in the city. ( read original story ...)

Japan's bar on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional, the high court in the northern city of Sapporo said on Thursday, the first such ruling by an appeals court on a matter that has divided the lower ... ( read original story ...)

The court does not have the power to overturn the current marriage law, which has been interpreted to restrict marriage as between a man and a woman. ( read original story ...)

The High Court in Japan’s northern city of Sapporo ruled in favor of three couples who sued against the country’s ban on same-sex marriage, adding to earlier legal victories for the LGBTQ community. ( read original story ...)

In Japan, a month after Valentine’s Day, partners who received gifts in February are expected to give on White Day. ( read original story ...)

Two more rulings in Japanese district courts have added weight to the push for same-sex marriage to be legalised. This week, courts in Tokyo and Sapporo ruled the nation's current ban was ... ( read original story ...)

Japan high court says denying same-sex marriage is unconstitutional, calls for urgent government action for redress ... ( read original story ...)

Patience Capital Group, the Singapore-based investor behind a $1.42 billion luxury ski project in northern Japan, is in talks to reopen its fund to new investors eager to get in before tightening by ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's bar on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional, the high court in the northern region of Sapporo said on Thursday, the first such ruling by an appeals court on a matter that has divided the ... ( read original story ...)

A ranch operator in northern Japan's Hokkaido admitted in court on March 12 that they had not paid intellectually disabled workers for deca ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo stocks ended up Thursday, snapping a three-day losing streak as investors picked up recently battered shares, while a rise in o ... ( read original story ...)

A Japanese high court ruled that it was "unconstitutional" not to allow same-sex marriage in the country, in a first appeal court ruling on the matter, Japanese media reported on Thursday.Sapporo High ... ( read original story ...)

Speculators betting on a historic monetary policy shift in Japan expect money markets will be upended by potential new deposit rules and are crowding into bets against short-dated bonds. Yields on one ... ( read original story ...)