Shuhei has not given up on his homeland, but he doubts he will return to Japan anytime soon. The 35-year-old says he is now ...
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 ...
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 ...
Same-sex couples have access to a host of Social Security benefits that they couldn't receive before, but there are still many questions unanswered. Same-sex couples have access to a host of ...
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 ...
Massachusetts was the first U.S. state to legalize same-sex marriage in 2004. Thirty-four other states and the District of Columbia followed suit before same-sex marriage became legal under federal ...
Hong Kong's top court ruled Tuesday in favor of recognizing same-sex partnerships, including civil unions, but stopped short of granting full marriage rights in a partial win for the city's LGBTQ ...
Hong Kong’s government will have to set up a new legal framework to recognize same-sex marriage registered overseas, its top court ruled Tuesday, ending a five-year legal battle. The decision is ...
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Prime Minister Fumio Kishida pledges to begin outlining early next week the pillars of a new economic stimulus package that ...
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 ...