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In 2024, Japan crept closer to equality and acceptance for LGBTQ people. However, full equality still remains out of reach for many.
Ichikawa City in Chiba Prefecture will become the first in Japan to extend a marriage benefits program to sexual and gender minorities.
The government is still investigating whether same-sex couples in common-law marriages are covered by an additional 130 laws.
A majority in Japan support marriage equality for same-sex couples. But will new PM Ishiba Shigeru do anything about it? Here's what we know about his current stances on marriage and other issues such as separate spousal surnames.
A lesbian couple in Japan say conditions for them were so bad in their home country that Canada has granted them refugee status.
Partnership systems for same-sex couples in Japan are close to covering the entire population - but are no substitute for true equality.
Japan's Central Shrine Administration has taken an aggressively anti-LGBTQ stance. But some Shinto shrines are bucking the prejudice.
A new survey by a leading LGBTQ rights group in Japan finds many in the community struggling for acceptance and support in the workplace.
A Japanese court granted a Ugandan LGBTQ woman refugee status in a decision experts say could make things easier for all refugees.