Japan enacted a law on Friday meant to promote understanding of the LGBT community that critics say provides no human rights guarantees, though some conservative lawmakers said the measure is too ...

That can serve as a model for other efforts around the world. Schools in Japan are taking steps to support equal access to education for LGBT students.

It’s time for a new era where members of the LGBTQI+ community feel at home in [Japan] & [America]. The Diet reference was about an LGBT bill advancing through the Japanese parliament.

Gay couples hailed Tokyo’s new partnership system as a victory for Japan’s LGBT community on Nov. 1, the day the metropolitan government began issuing certificates to officially recognize the ...

Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has fired a government aide who made derogatory remarks about LGBT couples. Masayoshi Arai reportedly said he would not want to live next to, or look at ...

The prime minister was speaking just days after a third high court ruled that Japan’s failure to legally ... firm and co-chair of the Lawyers for LGBT & Allies Network NPO, Ishiba’s comments ...

He spoke to the students and answered their questions about the challenge of being LGBT in Japan. One student asked Suto about the time he recognized that he is gay. Another student asked him what ...

LGBT people still struggle in Japan Japan has no law protecting people from discrimination based on sexual orientation. Nor does the country recognize same-sex marriage.

The Hawai’i Tourism Authority said LGBT travel to Hawaii can be up to 6 percent of total visitors from both Japan and Canada, up to 7 percent of visitors from the West Coast and up to 9 percent ...

Even the relatively conservative Japanese media have started talking about lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender issues. In this series we talk to LGBT individuals, researchers, and others ...