Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A record number of female candidates stood in the 2024 Japanese election. Richard A. Brooks/AFP via Getty Images For centuries, ...

A recent survey in Japan reveals that 70% of married women regret their marriage, reigniting the debate on the crisis in marriage in the archipelago. This figure, from a survey conducted by the ...

FILE - A supporter for the LGBTQ+ community holds up a poster reading "Legalize the same-sex marriage" as plaintiffs speak in front of media members by the main entrance of the Tokyo district court ...

A person holds a rainbow-colored poster declaring "Love Wins" in support of same-sex marriage rights among people marching in the Tokyo Rainbow Pride (TRP) Parade 2016 in Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan. | ...

The Fukuoka High Court of Japan has become the third of Japan’s eight high courts to rule that the government’s policy against same-sex marriage is unconstitutional. However, the court upheld a lower ...

The author is the chair of the Gender Equality Committee at the Hansun Foundation and a former head of the Korea Population, Health and Welfare Association. International marriages have steadily ...

TOKYO — A second Japanese high court ruled Wednesday that the government’s policy against same-sex marriage is unconstitutional, the latest in a series of decisions upholding plaintiffs’ demands for ...

Japan recently broke from its G7 siblings and upheld its ban on same-sex marriage. The Tokyo court affirmed the nation's civil code limiting marriage to opposite-sex couples. It was the first and only ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Linda E. White, Middlebury (THE CONVERSATION) For centuries, women entering marriage ...