as the second in the country to pass LGBT-inclusive nondiscrimination protections. In January 2019, the Government of Ibaraki Prefecture announced it was...

transgender (LGBT) people in Japan have fewer legal protections than in most other developed countries, although some developments towards stronger rights have...

LGBT rights in Japan LGBT rights in Tokyo LGBT rights in Ibaraki Prefecture Recognition of same-sex unions in Asia "Tokyo's Setagaya Ward to begin legally...

division. They include 43 prefectures proper (県, ken), two urban prefectures (府, fu: Osaka and Kyoto), one regional prefecture (道, dō: Hokkaidō) and one...

Kazuhiko, born 3 April 1964) is a politician and the current governor of Ibaraki Prefecture. A native of Tsuchiura and graduate of the Law School of the University...

available in Setagaya District (Tokyo), Sapporo (Hokkaido), Takarazuka (Hyogo), and over 20 other localities, as well as one prefecture (Ibaraki). A number...

and Shizuoka. Ibaraki Prefecture became the first prefecture to establish a partnership system in January 2019, and 25 more prefectures have since followed...

viewed by LGBT rights campaigners as a "first step" towards establishing same-sex marriage, as civil unions are viewed by supporters of LGBT rights as a "separate...

largest island Honshū is divided into five regions. Okinawa Prefecture is usually included in Kyūshū, but is sometimes treated as its own ninth region....

assembly members from Tokyo, Hyōgo Prefecture, Suginami and Arakawa Wards in Tokyo, and Toride in Ibaraki Prefecture. They raised several Hinomaru flags...