Social Issues
Japan's same-sex couples hope to foster children, but prejudice remains barrier
TOKYO -- The word is spreading in Japan that becoming a foster parent is an option for members of sexual minorities including LGBT people who wish to Full article
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Japan to slowly resume accepting foreign tourists from June 10
(2022/5/26)
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Japanese prefecture abolishes gender markers on 233 official docs to promote diversity
(2022/5/26)
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Huge laser display in west Japan wishing for 'love and peace' sets world record
(2022/5/26)
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Japan's top court rules expats' inability to vote on justices unconstitutional
(2022/5/25)
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Japan education minister asks children to remove masks as heatstroke risk rises
(2022/5/25)
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Japan starts 4th COVID vaccine shots for certain demographics
(2022/5/25)
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Scroll with pics, calligraphy by Japan haiku master Basho rediscovered after half-century
(2022/5/25)
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7 from US land in Japan for 1st test tours before tourism reopening
(2022/5/24)
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Japan cities stop buying school lunch rice from trader after pigeons found in plant
(2022/5/24)
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Tokyo reports 3,271 COVID cases on May 24
(2022/5/24)
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Japan univ. brochure's 'beautiful' student collection accused of appearance-based prejudice
(2022/5/24)
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Kabuki star Ichikawa Ebizo performs atop Tokyo Skytree to ward off evil
(2022/5/24)
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Barge towing sunken tour boat accidently drops it to seafloor off Hokkaido
(2022/5/24)
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East Japan city installs sanitary boxes in men's rooms for incontinence pad users
(2022/5/24)
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Japan gov't to require listed companies to disclose gender gap
(2022/5/24)
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FOCUS: Businesses rattled by Japan's reluctance to welcome foreign tourists
(2022/5/24)
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80% of young carers in west Japan pref. never seek help about problems: survey
(2022/5/24)
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In Photos: Young Ukrainian in Japan draws attention to home town in charity concert
(2022/5/23)
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15-yr-old Ukrainian evacuee calls for support for home country in concert near Tokyo
(2022/5/23)
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Hokkaido sunken tour boat operator's unpreparedness for meetings fuels families' distrust
(2022/5/23)
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Students felt sexually harassed by teachers in 97 cases in central Japan pref.: survey
(2022/5/23)
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69% in Japan favor no masks outdoors when not crowded: Mainichi poll
(2022/5/23)
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Japan study shows huge gap in child care burden among female and male doctors
(2022/5/22)
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Taking off masks indoors OK in some cases: Japan gov't
(2022/5/21)
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Tokyo to lift '8 per table' rule for COVID countermeasure-certified eateries
(2022/5/21)
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Ukrainian evacuees try on kimonos, experience Japanese culture at Fukuoka Castle ruins
(2022/5/21)
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Residents of Japan pref. fear crashes as low-flying US, other aircraft keep buzzing region
(2022/5/20)
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18,000 police officers to be mobilized during Biden's visit to Tokyo
(2022/5/20)
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Masks outside not always needed when not chatting: Japan gov't panel
(2022/5/19)
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Central Japan water intake facility fends off industrial water cut with temporary pumps
(2022/5/19)
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English skills of Japan's middle, high schoolers fall short of gov't target: survey
(2022/5/19)
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Juntendo Univ. ordered to pay $62,500 for gender bias in medical school admissions
(2022/5/19)
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Scenic central Japan road sandwiched between 5-meter-high walls of snow opens for summer
(2022/5/19)
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Tokyo registers 4,355 COVID cases on May 18
(2022/5/18)
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Lists of nearly 520,000 Hiroshima, Nagasaki A-bomb victims aired out to remove moisture
(2022/5/18)
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'Pikachu' could be acceptable reading of name ahead of Japan law change
(2022/5/18)
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Water intake leak threatens supplies to central Japan areas home to Toyota, other firms
(2022/5/18)
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2-yr-old Ukrainian evacuee girl enters kindergarten in Yokohama
(2022/5/18)
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Man mistakenly sent 46.3 mil. yen in COVID funds gambles it all away
(2022/5/17)
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Anger over trademarking of Touhou Project fanwork by 3rd party evolves into bomb scare
(2022/5/17)
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Japan to help Ukrainian evacuees find jobs
(2022/5/17)
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Some residents of Fukushima village can finally return home in June
(2022/5/17)
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Mixed-race Okinawans begin to find voice amid tensions over US bases
(2022/5/17)
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Court finds COVID restrictions for Tokyo restaurant chain illegal
(2022/5/16)
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Japan's school backpacks going genderless as makers launch various colors, designs
(2022/5/16)
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70% of Japan's junior high teachers crossing 'death by overwork' danger line: survey
(2022/5/16)
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Students create video on school rules in easy Japanese for children of foreign origin
(2022/5/15)
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Girl who disappeared in Yamanashi confirmed dead after bone DNA test
(2022/5/14)
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Non-Okinawan raised on island reflects on discrimination 50 yrs after 'liberation' from US
(2022/5/14)
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Tokyo registers 3,799 more coronavirus cases on May 14
(2022/5/14)
