Sapporo district court recognizes ban on same-sex marriage as unconstitutional

The Sapporo District Court ruled that not allowing same-sex couples to get married violates Article 14 of the Japanese Constitution which stipulates "equality under the law".

Private school in Miyazaki received \24 million in state subsidies after repeated wining/dining of education lawmaker and official

Akahata exclusively reported that a private school in Miyazaki Prefecture had received about 24 million yen in government subsidies after the school repeatedly wined and dined a vice education minister and an administrative vice-minister of education.

State of emergency lifted despite 1K new COVID positives daily

The 2.5-month-long state of emergency could not contain the pandemic, representing the failure of the Suga government's anti-coronavirus measures. What is lacking in the government countermeasures is a comprehensive testing strategy.