For 90 years now, Yoshida & Co. (the brand behind the beloved Porter line) has been a top name in Japanese bagmaking. And this has been a huge year of celebratory releases in honor of the huge ...

The pressure to conform in Japanese society made being a punk risky – even before you factor in the flamethrowers. As a new rash of reissues arrives, 80s stalwarts Lip Cream, Death Side and the Nurse ...

Court's Ruling Against Same-Sex Marriage Sets up a Japan Supreme Court Decision TOKYO (AP) — A court found Japan's refusal to legalize same-sex marriage was constitutional Friday in the last of six ...

Sex is a subject that many people have some degree of interest in. Formal government studies, brand-run marketing groups and even casual magazine surveys cover sex in every capacity. What these ...

A Japanese restaurant owner’s call to action shed light on the scourge of transnational child sex tourism – and forced Japan’s government to respond. Japan’s embassy in Laos and its Ministry of ...

Japan’s embassy in Laos and its Ministry of Foreign Affairs have issued a rare and unusually direct advisory, warning Japanese men against “buying sex from children” in Laos. The move was sparked by ...

The Osaka High Court held that Japan’s lack of recognition of same-sex marriage is unconstitutional on Tuesday. The Osaka High Court is the fifth court to rule that the ban on same-sex marriage is ...

The Japanese network Fuji Television and its parent company said Monday that its president and chairperson were resigning immediately to take responsibility for a widening sex assault scandal linked ...

Ishiba, speaking before the Diet on Tuesday, said that while he personally believes same-sex unions would “make the nation happier”, he does not plan to introduce legislation granting equal marriage ...

In the nine years since the first same-sex partnership certificates were introduced by the Tokyo municipalities of Shibuya and Setagaya, the system has expanded to cover 85.1% of the Japanese ...

The Tokyo High Court declared Japan’s current policy against same-sex marriage as discriminatory and unconstitutional, in a ruling on Wednesday. The case involved a Tokyo couple registered as same-sex ...