TOKYO — A court in western Japan on Wednesday approved a transgender man’s request to have his gender changed in official records without undergoing sterilization surgery, the first known ruling of ...

Japan has quietly legalized medical cannabis and tightened CBD rules. You’d never know this from the headlines, however. A well-known actor was arrested for just 0.4 grams of dried cannabis — barely ...

The Supreme Court of Japan declared a transgender woman as the father of her daughter, who was conceived after the woman’s legal gender change, for the first time on Friday. In Friday’s ruling, which ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japan's government said Thursday it would ask a court to revoke the legal status of the Unification Church after former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's assassination raised questions about ...

The government officially decided Friday to start a new system to provide comprehensive support for victims of serious crimes or bereaved families of such victims on Jan. 13, 2026. The commencement ...

Japan’s capital has announced it will start recognizing same-sex partnerships to ease the burdens faced by residents in their daily lives, but the unions will not be considered legal marriages.

This article is about Japan increasing protections for same-sex couples. In the photo, small Japan flags flying on a historic building with people walking around. Via Unsplash - Colton Jones Japan’s ...

If Japan wants to live up to its reputation as one of the world’s most advanced democracies, it needs to modernize its criminal justice system. Judge Yuichi Tada, top center, and spectators sit in a ...