A court found Japan's refusal to legalize same-sex marriage was constitutional Friday in the last of six cases that are ...

A Tokyo High Court ruled that Japan’s ban on same-sex marriage is constitutional, reversing a lower-court decision and denying damages claimed by plaintiffs. Judge Ayumi Higashi said it is reasonable ...

Yuki Tsukada of Shiga International Patent Office says the rulings will ease enforcement of patent rights on network-related inventions and suggests legislative reform may be on the horizon ...

The Tokyo High Court found Japan’s refusal to legalise same-sex marriage was constitutional on Friday in the last of six ...

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

Following a Supreme Court ruling that determined the Japanese government's previous welfare benefit cuts of up to 10% were ...

On May 27, 2025, the Intellectual Property High Court of Japan awarded plaintiff Toray Industries, Inc. ("Toray") ¥21.76 billion (US$151 million; €133 million) in damages for patent infringement by ...

A court in Japan has ruled that the legal requirement that transgender people alter the appearance of their genitals to change their legal gender is unconstitutional. The September 19 ruling of the ...

A U.S. airman convicted of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl on Okinawa has lodged his final appeal with Japan’s highest court. Senior Airman Brennon Washington, formerly of Kadena Air Base, ...

The Tokyo High Court on Friday issued the final pending appellate decision in Japan's nationwide same-sex marriage litigation, holding that the country's statutory framework limiting marriage to ...