FILE - Newly appointed Minister of State for Measures for Declining Birthrate Masanobu Ogura arrives at the prime minister's office on Aug. 10, 2022, in Tokyo. Ogura, the Japanese minister in charge ...

Japan's Tokyo High Court ruled Wednesday that the nation's ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional. The decision, which echoes a similar ruling by the Sapporo High Court in March, marks a ...

Siladitya Ray is a New Delhi-based Forbes news team reporter. A high court in Japan ruled Thursday that the country’s ban on same-sex marriages was unconstitutional and prompted the government to act ...

A district court in the southwestern Japanese city of Fukuoka ruled on Thursday that the East Asian country’s ban on same-sex marriage is “in a state of unconstitutionality.” With the Fukuoka court’s ...

TOKYO, May 30 (Reuters) - A Japanese court ruled on Tuesday that not allowing same-sex marriage was unconstitutional, a decision activists welcomed as a step towards marriage equality in the only ...