LGBTQ+ rights
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Japan’s LGBTQ+ photo weddings – in pictures
Unable to marry legally in Japan, LGBTQ+ couples are celebrating their bond in traditional kimonos, suits and …
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Japan court rules mandatory sterilisation of people officially changing gender unconstitutional
Judges reject requirement for trans people to remove reproductive organs for state-recognised gender changeA l…
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Japan court falls short of calling same-sex marriage ban unconstitutional
The complicated ruling from a court in Fukuoka comes after four other courts reached differing conclusions, an…
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Japan government under renewed pressure to end same-sex marriage ban
Calls grow for marriage equality as another court rules ban is unconstitutionalPressure is building on Japan’s…
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‘It’s like we don’t exist’: Japan faces pressure to allow same-sex marriage
Diplomats add their voices to Japanese campaigners in demanding LGBTQ+ rights as Hiroshima prepares to host th…
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Japanese prime minister fires aide over anti-LGBTQ+ remarks
Fumio Kishida says official’s comments ‘outrageous and completely incompatible with policies’The Japanese prim…
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‘There was one prima donna on Star Trek’: George Takei on William Shatner, love and life as an ‘enemy alien’
TV made him a star, but activism turned him into a hero. Now 85 and still going strong, the actor remembers hi…
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Tokyo issues same-sex partnership certificates amid marriage equality debate
Partnership certificates allow same-sex couples to be treated as married couples in areas like housing, health…
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‘We are so far behind’: Japan laments lack of progress on same-sex marriage
Advocates hope upcoming ruling in Tokyo district court will help spur progress on issue that already has publi…