Pressure has been growing to legalise same-sex unions after several district courts ruled that a ban on them was ...
The plaintiff in the lawsuit, Andrew High, and his Japanese partner registered their marriage in the United States in 2015 after the U.S. Supreme Court recognized same-sex marriages.
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said the country’s ban on same-sex marriage is not discriminatory, insisting that constitutional freedom of marriage only envisions heterosexual unions, a ...
Kaoru Sasaki, center, front row, heads to the Sapporo District Court on Sept. 11, 2023. (Kyodo) SAPPORO (Kyodo) -- A Japanese court ruled Monday that a person in a same-sex relationship is not ...
Since then, Japan has introduced legislation prohibiting anti-LGBTQ discrimination, and in a landmark case this July, the Supreme Court ruled that a government ministry's refusal to allow a ...
Pope Francis has revealed he is open to Catholic blessings for same-sex couples, as he reaffirmed the Church's ban on women priests, in answers to critical questions ahead of a major Vatican meeting ...
Massachusetts was the first U.S. state to legalize same-sex marriage in 2004. Thirty-four other states and the District of Columbia followed suit before same-sex marriage became legal under federal ...
Same-sex couples have access to a host of Social Security benefits that they couldn't receive before, but there are still many questions unanswered. Same-sex couples have access to a host of ...
The ruling by the city’s Court of Final Appeal stops short of recognizing same-sex marriage, but some experts see the outcome as a small step forward. By Derrick Bryson Taylor Hong Kong’s top ...
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida pledges to begin outlining early next week the pillars of a new economic stimulus package that ...
Pope Francis has suggested in a letter to five conservative cardinals that there could be ways to bless same-sex unions ...
The Sapporo District Court ruled on Monday that a person in a same-sex relationship is not entitled to spousal benefits provided to a person in marriage or in a common-law marital relationship ...
