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 ...

Japan is the only country in the world that legally requires married couples to share the same family name — and that creates considerable problems for scientists, according to a survey of more than 7 ...