Japan Cinema Under Fire for Suggesting Wheelchair User Go Elsewhere
While Japan has made advances in disability accommodation, a recent incident at Aeon Cinema suggests there’s still a long road ahead.
While Japan has made advances in disability accommodation, a recent incident at Aeon Cinema suggests there’s still a long road ahead.
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 new survey shows that women in Japan are often shut out of government, not just at the national level, but the local level as well.
A new survey shows support for businesses with LGBTQ+-positive messaging – and a surprising level of support for sexual diversity in general.
Why are there so few women in STEM fields in Japan? Yuko Tamura argues that the bias starts before girls even turn seven.
A Japanese woman’s first-hand account of how Japan’s law requiring joint spousal surnames impacted her life and sense of identity.
How an outdated Japanese law and no same-sex marriage rights denied one transgender parent legal guardianship of her own biological child.
The 2022 annual Global Gender Gap Report by the WEF ranks Japan’s gender gap at 116 of 145 countries. What accounts for this downward trend?
A statement by Suzuki Takako, State Minister for Foreign Affairs, offers hope to same-sex partners wanting to reunite in Japan.
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