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Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
Jul 14, 2019
LGBT community hopes Upper House election will spur debate and advance gay-rights legislation
The LGBT community and their supporters hope the upcoming Upper House election will help advance the national discussion on LGBT rights in Japan and lead to legal recognition.
JAPAN
Aug 27, 2018
Premarital fertility tests and medicals gain popularity as Japanese wait longer to tie the knot
More people in Japan are undergoing premarital medical examinations as more couples struggle with infertility due to late marriages.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 29, 2018
Marriage quest finds some Japanese men looking to share household duties with female partners
Tokyoite Kiyoshi is 38 years old and is still waiting for luck in love. But when he finds his future life partner, he says he will be willing to handle family duties in the belief that men's and women's roles at home are equal.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 28, 2017
Patent office to be first government agency to permit use of maiden names
The government is finally moving to catch up with the private sector on the use of maiden names in the workplace, with the Japan Patent Office set to become the first state agency to officially permit the practice starting in September.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 21, 2016
Expert panel on increasing marriages in Japan ditches 'marriage-hunting mentor' proposal
A group of experts advising the government on how to boost marriage numbers has said that companies should aid employees hoping to wed by holding events to help them meet potential partners, but it ditched a proposal to create a "marriage-hunting mentor" system in the face of mounting criticism.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Jun 27, 2015
U.S. Supreme Court rules in favor of gay marriage nationwide
The Supreme Court ruled on Friday that the U.S. Constitution provides same-sex couples the right to marry, in a historic triumph for the American gay rights movement.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Oct 11, 2013
U.K. raises bar for dual nationality couples
British student Stacey Gough and her Japanese boyfriend, Yoshihiro Ki, have decided to marry and get a spouse visa in Japan because they say the income requirement for having foreign partners is less stringent than in Britain.

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