urges Japan to join other Group of Seven nations in legally protecting LGBT people. He calls on Prime Minister Fumio Kishida to take a step forward and make Japan a country worthy of membership in ...

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.

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 ...

Researchers at the University of Tsukuba have developed an LGBTQ Student Support Index, a 47-item list of practices ...

Japan has never seen a first lady quite like ... Abe has thrown her support behind her country's LGBT movement by appearing at Tokyo Rainbow Pride's third annual parade on April 27.

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 ...

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida fired ... In particular, Arai reportedly said that "he would not like to live next door" to an LGBT couple and that he "even [did not] want to look at them." ...

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 ...