While same-sex couples of two foreigners can live together in Japan if one of them has residence visa status, a foreigner married to a Japanese same-sex partner can be denied a resident visa.

When it rains it pours in Japan, so you’d be hard-pressed to find anyone not walking around with an umbrella when rain clouds gather. However, when the rain doesn’t fall these things can be a real ...

The Asahi Power Service Company has invented a drone- and AI-powered umbrella designed to hover ... each when they launch next year. But because Japan has banned drones in densely populated ...

People in Japan are questioning the social norm of married couples adopting the same surname. The mandatory system was introduced 120 years ago, but the willingness to comply is far from universal ...

Despite its highly educated female population, Japan is ranked 118th out of 146 in the 2024 World Economic Forum's Global Gender Gap report and women leaders remain rare in Japanese business and ...