Japan

TOKYO: On Monday, a Japanese court declared that a prohibition on same-sex marriage is not unconstitutional, striking a blow to LGBTQ rights activists in the only Group of Seven country that does not allow persons of the same gender to marry. After a court in the city of Sapporo ruled in March 2021 that prohibiting same-sex marriage was unconstitutional, activists’ …

JAPAN: Following the suicide of a reality show star who had experienced social media bullying, Japan’s parliament passed legislation making “online insults” punishable by imprisonment on Monday. Offenders convicted of internet insults face up to a year in prison or a fine of 300,000 yen (about $2,200) under a modification to the country’s penal code slated to take effect later …

JAPAN: It all began with a family squabble and ended in tragedy when a small girl was stabbed to death by her elderly grandfather in a case that shocked the country. The 88-year-old, Susumu Tomizawa, admitted to killing his 16-year-old granddaughter, Tomomi, two years ago, but said that he doesn’t remember it happening.  Tomizawa has Alzheimer’s disease, a neurological condition …

Japan – According to national broadcaster NHK, the governor of Japan’s Niigata prefecture handily beat his anti-nuclear opponent in an election today, a result that might empower members of the governing party who are seeking to restart the country‘s mainly idled nuclear power reactors. As indicated by exit surveys, Hideyo Hanazumi, who was endorsed by Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s governing Liberal …

ASEAN – According to the most senior spokesman for the Japanese government, Japan will soon double its limit on the number of foreigners allowed to enter the country each day to 20,000. This announcement was made on Friday. At a regular press conference, the Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno said that passengers arriving from the vast majority of nations would …

Japan – Japan’s administration is orchestrating to twofold the cap on appearances from abroad to 20,000 individuals each day in June. The unwinding is supposed to go on following an assessment of air terminal quarantine framework and the condition of domestic infections after Japan’s Golden Week occasions that finished last Sunday. Also, the public authority is thinking about tolerating vacationers …