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Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Feb 17, 2023
Off the record should mean off the record
An off-the-record remark may have take down a high-level Japanese bureaucrat. Such actions by journalists will only hurt journalism.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 17, 2023
Kishida steps up efforts to quell criticism over LGBTQ rights
During a meeting with members of groups supporting LGBTQ people, Kishida also apologized for remarks made by a former aide that cast the spotlight on the issue in Japan.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Feb 17, 2023
Phoebe Bridgers: 'I was born into a slow apocalypse'
The 'Kyoto' singer-songwriter confronts past traumas and returns to a place of catharsis on her three-city Japan tour.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 16, 2023
U.S. envoy to Japan hopes for 'clear, unambiguous' LGBTQ legislation
Calls for change have grown since an aide to the prime minister made discriminatory remarks against LGBTQ people earlier this month.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 15, 2023
Momentum behind same-sex partnership systems continues to build in Japan
A survey found that 245 municipalities and 10 of the country's 47 prefectures had same-sex partnership systems as of Jan. 10.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 13, 2023
64% favor recognizing same-sex marriage in Japan, poll finds
In the telephone survey, 88.4% also said recent remarks hostile to LGBTQ people by an executive secretary to Prime Minister Fumio Kishida were inappropriate.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 13, 2023
Spotlight falls on Japan LGBTQ bill as G7 summit nears
While Kishida has indicated he favors early passage of the bill, opposition from within his own party could make it difficult for it to clear parliament before the May meeting in Hiroshima.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 12, 2023
Japan's ruling party vows to promote debate on bill for LGBTQ community
The ruling Liberal Democratic Party will accelerate discussion on a bill that would promote understanding of sexual minorities, a senior lawmaker said Sunday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 9, 2023
Komeito and U.S. envoy agree LGBTQ law needed before G7
Komeito party leader Natsuo Yamaguchi said it is important to raise awareness that discrimination cannot be tolerated.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Feb 9, 2023
‘Egoist’: Layered LGBTQ drama offers bittersweet romance
Through Daishi Matsunaga's intimate direction, Ryohei Suzuki delivers a committed performance as a gay magazine editor who falls in love with his financially struggling personal trainer.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 7, 2023
LDP flips on LGBTQ bill after gaffe by Kishida aide
The party will prepare to submit a bill encouraging understanding of LGBTQ issues, seeking to repair the damage from the former aide's discriminatory comments.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 6, 2023
Kishida apologizes for aide’s anti-LGBTQ comments
Masayoshi Arai, a secretary to the prime minister, was dismissed from his post over the weekend for telling reporters that he didn’t want to have same-sex couples live next door to him.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 5, 2023
Kishida fires senior aide over homophobic comments
Masayoshi Arai, the now-dismissed executive secretary to the prime minister, said he would 'not want to live next door' to an LGBT couple.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 5, 2023
Japanese express anger and concern after Kishida aide's anti-LGBTQ remarks
Members of the public, the LGBT community and opposition party lawmakers lambasted the aide, who was fired Saturday, for saying that he would 'not want to live next door' to an LGBT couple.
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital / ON: GAMES
Feb 4, 2023
Hogwarts versus transgender rights, Blizzard versus Beijing
Can you truly separate the art from the artist? For many gamers, Hogwarts Legacy is their first such test.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 30, 2023
Over 500 women in Japan used overseas sperm bank in 3½ years through October
Cryos International has sold sperm to single women, sexual minorities and women with infertile husbands in Japan since officially launching local consultation services in March 2019.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jan 26, 2023
Prime Minister Kishida remains cautious about same-sex marriage
Japan has not acknowledged same-sex marriage, as many members of the conservative Liberal Democratic Party, led by Kishida, have opposed the concept.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS / Athletics
Jan 22, 2023
World Athletics proposes tighter rules for transgender women athletes
Track and field's global governing body stressed that no final decision has been made on the matter after the Telegraph reported on the discussions.
Japan Times
Film / Reviews
Jan 19, 2023
‘Natchan's Little Secret': Outdated comedy runs out of gas
Yasujiro Tanaka’s comedy about three drag queens who hit the road for a friend’s funeral feels like a throwback to old-school TV shows with over-the-top portrayals of gay characters.
Town to block view of Mount Fuji in response to overtourism
The town government of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, decided to set up a 2.5-meter-high screen to prevent tourists from taking pictures of Mount Fuji looming behind a convenience store.
In Japan, regional revitalization fails to halt population decline
Sakiyama elementary school in Tamba, Hyogo Prefecture, in March .Over the past decade, the government has directed efforts toward policies designed to give young people incentives to base themselves in rural areas.
Number of homeless in Japan hits record low
Homeless people sleep on the street in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward in August 2021.
Ukraine is far from doomed
When comparing Ukraine’s military situation in 2024 to Europe’s in 1941, Russia’s defeat seems entirely possible.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
Casa del Cibo: A thriving jewel born from Tohoku’s harsh past
When chef Ryohei Ikemi moved to Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, and opened Casa del Cibo in 2011, it was the first proper Italian restaurant in the city.
Tokyo's Koto Ward by-election a race unlike any other
Natsumi Sakai, the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan’s candidate and one of four female candidates running in the by-election, touts her experience as a cancer survivor and midwife as having prepared her to tackle issues that women currently face.
Town to block view of Mount Fuji in response to overtourism
The town government of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, decided to set up a 2.5-meter-high screen to prevent tourists from taking pictures of Mount Fuji looming behind a convenience store.
Top U.S. and China diplomats talk tough amid warnings of new ‘downward spiral’
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on Friday
Kyotographie's strong 12th edition shines light into the margins
Yassine Alaoui Ismaili, who goes by Yoriyas, turned to photography, shooting motion while in motion himself, after an injury forced him to give up his career as a professional breakdancer.

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