same-sex marriage

Every January, Just Be Cause takes a look at how things went for the non-Japanese residents of Japan (NJ) in the previous year. While not everything made this year's list — there were the false claims of "foreigner fraud" of the national health insurance system, ...

Ten same-sex couples will jointly file a lawsuit against the government in February for not recognizing marriage equality, their lawyers says.

Taiwan will enact a separate law for same-sex unions after conservative groups won a recent referendum battle, the premier said, as LGBT activists Friday urged the government to abide by a landmark ruling to offer equal marriage rights. Gay rights campaigners want the existing marriage ...

After more than three decades together, Wang Tien-ming and Ho Hsiang finally decided to tie the knot when Taiwan's top court ruled last year that same-sex marriage must be legalized. But those wedding plans are on hold after conservative groups won a referendum battle over ...

In a region where no country allows gay or lesbian couples to marry, Hong Kong's Legislative Council on Thursday rejected a motion that could have paved the way to legalizing same-sex unions. The measure, which would have urged the government to consider granting "equal rights" ...

When Taiwan goes to the polls Saturday in local elections, it will not only be a test for President Tsai Ing-wen's embattled government but a crucial vote on divisive issues that could rile China. The ballot includes an unprecedented 10 referendums, one of which calls ...

Hundreds of thousands of people marched through Taiwan's capital on Saturday to press the government to deliver on its promise of marriage equality amid an increasingly heated debate over whether civil laws should recognize same-sex marriage. In Asia's first such ruling, Taiwan's Constitutional Court declared ...

Hong Kong said on Tuesday it will recognize overseas same-sex partnerships when granting dependent visas, more than two months after the city's top court ruled that a British lesbian should be granted a spousal visa in a landmark judgment. International banks and law firms operating ...

When the first same-sex partnership was recognized in Shibuya in 2015, the mayor called it "a first step." So why, nearly three years later, are we still taking first steps?