Women lining up for restrooms at train stations and other crowded public facilities is a common sight in Japan, while men rarely queue. Some suggest it's because women need more time, but one user of ...

TOKYO — Japan’s Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that restricting a transgender woman’s use of toilets at her workplace was “unacceptable,” a decision that may help promote LGBT Q rights in the only ...

Akie Abe, walking at left, the wife of slain former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, carries her husband's ashes into the Nippon Budokan hall in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward for his state funeral on Sept. 27, 2022.

TOKYO - Japan's Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday (July 11) that restricting a transgender woman's use of toilets at her workplace was "unacceptable", a decision that may help promote LGBT rights in the ...