Chance meeting brings unlikely pair who show regular ‘affection’ to each other together; couple now run marriage agency.

A powerful Japanese business lobby is calling on the government to allow married couples to keep dual surnames, saying the ...

The woman named Azarashi revealed that she crossed paths with her to-be-husband in 2020 when she found an unattended mobile ...

Now, a 63-year-old Japanese woman named Azarashi is married to a man a few decades her junior. Azarashi, 63, met her current ...

TOKYO (AP) — A Japanese court ruled Thursday that the lack of legal protections for LGTBQ+ people appeared to be unconstitutional, in the latest ruling that may help push the country toward allowing ...

For centuries, women entering marriage in Japan have been bound by the Confucian notion of personal sacrifice for the good of the family – and that has extended to their names. Encouraged by a sexual ...

TOKYO (AP) — A Japanese high court ruled Thursday that denying same-sex marriage is unconstitutional and called for urgent government action to address the lack of any law allowing for such unions.

Japan’s Nagoya High Court on March 7 ruled the lack of legal recognition of same-sex marriages violates the country’s constitution. The plaintiffs sought damages of 1 million yen ($6,721.80) under ...

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 ...