There are people whose dignity is being trampled on daily because their marriage, their commitment to someone they love, is ...

Two more rulings in Japanese district courts have added weight to the push for same-sex marriage to be legalised. This week, courts in Tokyo and Sapporo ruled the nation's current ban was ...

U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel worked on the issues of promoting the human rights of LGBT people and same-sex marriages when he was mayor of Chicago and a high-ranking Democratic Party member.

A friendship marriage, referred to as tomodachi kekkon (friend marriage) or yujo kekkon (friendship marriage) in Japanese, is ...

Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party is searching ... for his more progressive stance on issues like legalizing same-sex marriage. However, Mr. Kono’s outspoken nature, left-leaning views and ...

Japan's outspoken, social media-savvy digital transformation minister announced Monday that he was running to replace Fumio Kishida as prime minister, saying he would look beyond domestic affairs and ...

In November 1998, Hawaii adopted a constitutional amendment giving the Legislature the power to restrict marriage to opposite ...

At the African Methodist Episcopal Church s 52nd Quadrennial Session of the General Conference in Columbus, Ohio, the ...

Japan's economic security minister Sanae Takaichi said Monday she will run again to become president of the ruling Liberal ...

Even if a same-sex couple submits a marriage registration application, it will not be accepted. Plaintiffs in a lawsuit against the Japanese state hold up messages after the Sapporo High Court ...