Karolina Shiino, the Ukrainian-born Japanese model has given up her Miss Japan crown and title and people are wondering why. They also want to know more about her affair with a married doctor and its ...

Women's rights advocates in Japan have struggled for decades for the right of married couples to have different last names. Japan is the only country where they're required to use one surname, which ...

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 Japanese court ruled Wednesday the government's ban on same-sex marriages is unconstitutional, recognizing the rights of same-sex couples for the first time in the only Group of Seven country that ...

Japan’s ban on same-sex marriages is unconstitutional, according to a court ruling issued Tuesday. The decision from Nagoya District Court was the latest in an ongoing legal battle to expand LGBTQ+ ...

There’s a perception, bordering on a stereotype, that Japan has lost a lot of its interest in romance. Fewer people are getting married, those that do are getting married later, and young adults are ...

Tokyo — A Japanese high court ruled Thursday that denying same-sex marriage is unconstitutional and called for urgent government action to address the lack of any law allowing such unions. The court ...