TOKYO (AP) — A Japanese high court ruled Thursday that denying same-sex marriage is unconstitutional and called for urgent government action to address the lack of any law allowing for such unions.

A Japanese woman's AI wedding to a digital partner has reignited debate over the legal definition of marriage, raising urgent questions about AI companionship, loneliness, and the limits of the law.

For centuries, women entering marriage in Japan have been bound by the Confucian notion of personal sacrifice for the good of the family – and that has extended to their names. Encouraged by a sexual ...

Tokyo — A Japanese high court ruled Thursday that denying same-sex marriage is unconstitutional and called for urgent government action to address the lack of any law allowing such unions. The court ...

A Japanese court ruled Monday that the country’s ban on same-sex marriage does not violate the constitution, and rejected demands for compensation by three couples who said their right to free union ...

[Bella’s intro: There are so many sensationalist stories in the media these days about single people in Japan—are they sexless? Are they hiding out in their rooms for months and never coming out?—that ...

Human-AI relationships are no longer a fringe phenomenon. From companionship to symbolic marriage, they are becoming part of modern emotional life.

The Tokyo Rainbow Pride parade in 2016. Credit: Wikimedia Commons/ Nesnad Last week the LGBTQ+ community hailed a groundbreaking decision by a district court in Japan that ruled the ban on same-sex ...

Sign up for The Agenda, Them’s news and politics newsletter, delivered Thursdays. Japan just elected its first-ever female prime minister, Sanae Takaichi. However ...

Discussions of sex in Japan typically spotlight the extremes of the social landscape: from the hypersexualised (2D girlfriends, hug cafes, erotic manga) to the sexless. Gender is skimmed with ...