Hanako Okada was one of 73 women to win seats at the general election last month, a record number in a Parliament long dominated by men.

U.S. District Judge Paul Engelmayer sided with Lexis and dismissed the case last year, finding that Realtime's patent covered ...

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The Tokyo High Court called the ongoing ban “a groundless legal discrimination,” saying it violates the constitutional ...

TOKYO — A second Japanese high court ruled on Wednesday ... overall that found the ongoing ban to be unconstitutional or nearly so, against only one district court decision that found it ...

The Tokyo High Court on Wednesday ruled that the government's not recognizing same-sex marriage was against the country's constitution, marking the second court to do so.

The Tokyo High Court called the ongoing ban “a groundless ... overall that found the ongoing ban to be unconstitutional or nearly so, against only one district court decision that found it ...

However, Taniguchi rejected the plaintiffs’ demand for compensation from the government, as the Tokyo District Court did earlier. Six lawsuits regarding same-sex marriage have been filed at five ...

The decision follows a 2022 ruling by the Tokyo District Court, which described the same-sex marriage ban as in a "state of unconstitutionality" but stopped short of deeming it unconstitutional, Kyodo ...

The state argued that same-sex marriages are not envisioned in the Constitution. In 2022, the Tokyo District Court found the provisions in question to be in a state of unconstitutionality.

A Tokyo District Court decision, also handed down March 2024, mirrored that of the Sapporo High Court. However, the path to marriage equality has been complicated. In June 2022, the Osaka District ...