Tag: Yokohama

The Sapporo District Court found that Japan’s failure to recognize same-sex marriage is unconstitutional. The court, however, dismissed a request from the three couples who brought the case to ... ( read original story ...)

The couples filed a series of lawsuits at district courts in Sapporo, Nagoya, Osaka, and Tokyo on Valentine’s Day in 2019, asking for compensation to the tune of one million yen per claimant. In a ... ( read original story ...)

YOKOHAMA -- A father who writes regular fishing essays for the morning edition of the Mainichi Shimbun and his son have received letters of appreciation and trophies from the local coast guard after ... ( read original story ...)

An attraction based on Nintendo Co.'s "Super Mario Bros." game series opened Thursday at Universal Studios Japan in the western city of Osaka, following two postponements. The opening of "Super ... ( read original story ...)

The creative director for Tokyo's Olympic ceremonies announced his resignation on Thursday for proposing a plus-size female comedian appear as a pig, just weeks after the postponed Games' chief ... ( read original story ...)

Hiroshi Sasaki had proposed that plus-size entertainer Naomi Watanabe appear at the opening ceremony as a pig. ( read original story ...)

Tokyo Olympics creative director Hiroshi Sasaki is resigning after making demeaning comments about a well-known female celebrity. It is yet another setback for the ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo Olympics creative head Hiroshi Sasaki said he has resigned after making a derogatory comment about a popular female Japanese entertainer, in the latest controversy over insensitive remarks ... ( read original story ...)

The Japanese government's advisory panel on coronavirus countermeasures on Thursday approved a plan to let the state of emergency expire in the Tokyo area as scheduled on March 21, Health Minister ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's government said on Wedneseday it would investigate messaging app Line, owned by SoftBank Corp's Z Holdings Corp, after Japanese media reports that it let Chinese engineers at a Shanghai ... ( read original story ...)

Hiroshi Sasaki, the head creative director for the opening and closing ceremonies at this year's Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, has stepped down after making a derogatory comment about a woman, Kyodo ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga suggested on Wednesday that he planned to let state of emergency curbs imposed to prevent the spread of the coronavirus expire on schedule on Sunday. The ... ( read original story ...)

After her victory at the 2021 Australian Open, the Japanese was named Sports Gamechanger of the Year by Glamor UK. She is also the covergirl for the March issue of Gamechanger magazine ... ( read original story ...)

March 17 (UPI) --Japan's foreign ministry responded to a letter from South Korea sent on the anniversary of the Fukushima nuclear disaster, Seoul's foreign ministry said. South Korea said Wednesday ... ( read original story ...)

A Japanese court on Wednesday ruled for the first time the country’s ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional, a historic decision that could pave the way toward legalizing ... ( read original story ...)

Article 24 of Japan's constitution defines marriage as based on the "mutual consent of both sexes," which is currently interpreted to mean it is legal only between a man and a woman. But as The ... ( read original story ...)