A Japanese court on Friday ruled that the country's ban on same-sex marriage is constitutional, becoming the only high court ...

A court has found Japan’s refusal to legalize same-sex marriage constitutional in the last of six cases likely to be brought ...

The following is the latest list of selected news summaries by Kyodo News. ---------- Japan high court rules same-sex marriage ban constitutional TOKYO - A Japanese court on Friday ruled that the ...

A second person died in Monday's hit-and-run incident involving a stolen car in Tokyo's Adachi Ward, it was learned Tuesday.

Iva Toguri D'Aquino was sent to prison for allegedly helping the Japanese. After it was revealed that perjured witnesses led ...

A federal appeals court ruled that Masahide Kanayama, a surgeon and practicing Christian, may be extradited to face charges ...

Japan’s new government should make the promotion of human rights central to its foreign policy, Human Rights Watch said in a ...

Nintendo’s ongoing legal battle with Palworld developer Pocketpair has taken another blow after the head of the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) ordered a rare re-examination of one of the ...

Neither rain nor crowd control measures on Friday night could stop Waldos, Willie Wonkas and Pikachus from filling the streets of Shibuya, the Tokyo district famous for its Halloween celebrations.

Palworld’s early-2024 debut immediately drew interest from players as well as Nintendo. The game (commonly dubbed Pokémon with guns) blends monster-taming and survival systems similar to Nintendo’s ...

Tetsuya Yamagami, the man accused of murdering former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, is transferred from the Nara Nishi police station for psychiatric examination in Nara on July 25, 2022.