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The Sapporo District Court in its ruling sided with three same-sex couples in Hokkaido who argued their inability to marry legally amounts to a denial of freedoms and equality granted them by Japan's ... ( read original story ...)

SEOUL – The Biden administration made a pitch to South Korean officials on Wednesday for greater collaboration with the United States and Japan as they counter China, a course that could be ... ( read original story ...)

F-4EJ Phantoms, including the oldest Phantom in Japanese service, have been retired at Gifu Air Base. On March 17, 2021, ... ( read original story ...)

Yokohama has updated both its commercial and consumer websites with new features. Yokohama Tire Corp. has updated the websites for its commercial and consumer audiences. The sites – ... ( read original story ...)

A Japanese court has for the first time ruled that same-sex marriage should be allowed the country’s constitution, a moral victory that does not have any immediate legal consequence but could bolster ... ( read original story ...)

Osaka, March 17 (Jiji Press)--A woman from the western Japan prefecture of Osaka who died of the novel coronavirus in February was infected with a variant of the virus, Osaka Governor Hirofumi ... ( read original story ...)

Japan will lift a virus state of emergency in the Tokyo area, the prime minister said Wednesday, less than five months before the postponed Tokyo Olympics are due to begin. ( read original story ...)

The Sapporo District Court in Japan said that “sexuality, like race and gender, is not a matter of individual preference,” and hence the ban on same-sex couples “cannot be justified,” the Associated ... ( read original story ...)

Thrice Upon a Time, the Aonami train line in Nagoya has been renamed the Ayanami Line. © Screenshot: CBC News. The Nagoya Rinkai Rapid ... ( read original story ...)

A district court in Japan ruled Wednesday that the government's failure to recognize same-sex marriages is unconstitutional. "Legal benefits stemming from marriages should equally benefit both ... ( read original story ...)

A court found that it was unconstitutional for the country not to recognize the unions. But change would come only if Parliament passes legislation. ( read original story ...)

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 ...)

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 ...)

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 ...)

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 ...)

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 ...)