That can serve as a model for other efforts around the world. Schools in Japan are taking steps to support equal access to education for LGBT students.

Japan enacted a law on Friday meant to promote understanding of the LGBT community that critics say provides no human rights guarantees, though some conservative lawmakers said the measure is too ...

It’s time for a new era where members of the LGBTQI+ community feel at home in [Japan] & [America]. The Diet reference was about an LGBT bill advancing through the Japanese parliament.

Some academics and members of LGBT advocacy groups are voicing concerns that the public broadcaster’s year-end variety show is divisive and makes sexual minorities feel excluded. Japan ...

LGBT people still struggle in Japan Japan has no law protecting people from discrimination based on sexual orientation. Nor does the country recognize same-sex marriage.

He spoke to the students and answered their questions about the challenge of being LGBT in Japan. One student asked Suto about the time he recognized that he is gay. Another student asked him what ...

The Hawai’i Tourism Authority said LGBT travel to Hawaii can be up to 6 percent of total visitors from both Japan and Canada, up to 7 percent of visitors from the West Coast and up to 9 percent ...

Japan is the only member of the Group of Seven leading industrialized nations that does not have LGTBQ legal protections. Japan, as this year's G-7 host, has been under pressure to bring its ...

Even the relatively conservative Japanese media have started talking about lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender issues. In this series we talk to LGBT individuals, researchers, and others ...