Japan's top court rules against sterilization requirement for gender change
Japan's Supreme Court rules that the current law requiring sterilization to legally change one's gender is unconstitutio...
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Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako watch Kabuki
Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako watch one of the last Kabuki performances at Japan's National Theatre.
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Emperor and Princess Aiko watch traditional Japanese music performance
Emperor Naruhito and Princess Aiko watch a traditional Japanese music performance at the Imperial Palace.
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Princess Kako hopes for realization of gender equality
Princess Kako says she hopes for the realization of gender equality at a girl scout event in Tokyo.
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Float fight festival in western Japan
A traditional float fighting festival takes place in Okayama Prefecture, western Japan.
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Lower House speaker apologizes after mistakenly handing speech to Emperor Naruhito
Newly appointed Lower House speaker Nukaga Fukushiro apologizes to the Imperial Household Agency after mistakenly handin...
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96 Diet members visit controversial Yasukuni Shrine during Annual Fall Rites
96 members of the ‘diet members' association for praying at Yasukuni Jinja’ visit the controversial shrine to make offer...
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Crown Prince and Crown Princess attend Nikkei & Japanese abroad convention
Crown Prince Fumihito and Crown Princess Kiko attend the opening ceremony of the 53rd Convention of Nikkei & Japanese Ab...
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Cabinet ministers and other politicians visit Yasukuni Shrine during Annual Fall Rites
During the Annual Fall Rites celebration at Yasukuni Jinja in Tokyo, cabinet ministers and other politicians visit the c...
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Unification Church to fight government dissolution order
Representatives of the Unification Church hold a press conference and express the group’s intention to fully contest the...
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