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MARRIAGE 3

Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Jul 2, 2023
Seoul Pride goes ahead in shadow of rising anti-LGBTQ rhetoric
Tens of thousands of people gathered in Seoul for the city’s Pride parade, following months of wrangling with officials who had rejected an application to hold the event in its usual place.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Regional Voices: Hiroshima
Jun 26, 2023
Hiroshima parents attending matchmaking events on behalf of their children
Adult offspring are putting up little resistance to their parents efforts to see them paired off.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 19, 2023
India’s $210 billion wedding industry warms to LGBTQ ceremonies
India’s Supreme Court may legalize same-sex marriage this year, but many in the LGBTQ community are already reinventing the country’s wedding traditions for their own ceremonies.
Japan Times
LIFE / Longform
Jun 12, 2023
Hunting for marriage: Inside Japan’s matchmaking crusade
As fewer people are tying the knot and the birthrate continues to fall, a range of initiatives are being made available to those who haven’t given up on love.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jun 8, 2023
Fukuoka court rules same-sex marriage ban is in ‘state of unconstitutionality’
The ruling was the fifth among six lawsuits filed to date nationwide. Decisions have been split over the question of the ban’s constitutionality.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
May 31, 2023
Filipinos press for right to divorce in slow social shift
Divorce is currently illegal in the Catholic-majority country, while court annulments take years and are increasingly exploited by online scammers.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
May 20, 2023
Amid Ukraine war and economic concerns, LGBTQ issues struggle to get G7 spotlight
Summit host Japan stands out as the only G7 nation that hasn’t legalized same-sex marriage.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 18, 2023
The religious right’s hidden sway as Japan trails allies on gay rights
As a G7 summit nears in Hiroshima, Japan is under pressure to show greater support for equality. A national Shinto group has spread a more hostile message.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
May 13, 2023
In video, 15 diplomatic missions call on Japan to protect LGBT rights
A video compilation of the messages, posted to the Twitter account of U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel, urged Tokyo to 'not be shaped by the past' when building an inclusive future.
JAPAN / FOCUS
May 12, 2023
LDP moves toward giving LGBTQ bill OK after concessions to conservatives
The LDP’s current proposal — a watered-down version of an initial cross-party bill — will now be presented to Komeito, the junior partner of the coalition.
JAPAN / FOCUS
May 1, 2023
LGBTQ+ 'familyship' systems expand in Japan amid absence of national law
Such systems add recognition of same-sex partners’ children as family members, enabling access to public services typically offered to married couples and families.
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 27, 2023
LDP will try to pass LGBTQ law ahead of G7 summit
Japan is alone among the G7 wealthy democracies in not having laws to ban discrimination against LGBTQ people or give legal recognition to same-sex unions.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Apr 18, 2023
Landmark same-sex marriage hearings begin at India’s top court
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government said it opposes gay marriage rights and that the matter should be legislated by India’s parliament and not decided by the courts.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Apr 10, 2023
What does it take to make a long-term relationship great in Japan?
The advice from most people on long-term cross-cultural relationships? You sometimes need to think more with your head than your heart.
Government partly responsible for 2015 river flooding, court finds
A man wades through a shopping area flooded by the Kinugawa river in Joso, Ibaraki Prefecture, on Sept. 10, 2015.
Apple to keep DEI efforts, though some adjustments possible
An Apple store in Walnut Creek, California, on Monday. Apple Inc. Apple investors rejected a proposal to end the iPhone maker’s diversity, equity and inclusion efforts, but CEO Tim Cook some some adjustments may occur.
Latest sumo ranking sheet has plenty to catch the eye
Hoshoryu holds up the latest "banzuke" sumo ranking chart in Osaka on Tuesday.
About 70% of foreign nationals questioned by police on the streets: survey
Lawyers advising in a racial profiling case speak during a news conference on Wednesday in Tokyo.
Osaka University develops new method for pancreatic cancer testing
Researchers from Osaka University (center) have developed a new method to test for pancreatic cancer.
Jose Ando's rapid rise from first pages to the Akutagawa Prize
Jose Ando purposefully wrote his Akutagawa Prize-winning novel “Dtopia” to be accessible to an audience beyond Japan and to spark conversations about race, gender and the effects of modern entertainment.
Standoff in the skies: Witnessing an unsafe intercept over the South China Sea
A Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy helicopter is seen from aboard a Philippine Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) aircraft in the skies above Scarborough Shoal in the disputed South China Sea on Feb. 18.
About 70% of foreign nationals questioned by police on the streets: survey
Lawyers advising in a racial profiling case speak during a news conference on Wednesday in Tokyo.
Latest sumo ranking sheet has plenty to catch the eye
Hoshoryu holds up the latest "banzuke" sumo ranking chart in Osaka on Tuesday.
Japan looks to save seafood and seaweed farming from warming oceans
Asian seabass are bred at the Songkhla Coastal Aquaculture Technology and Innovation Research and Development Center in southern Thailand.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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