By KOHEI UWABO/ Staff Writer
September 24, 2025 at 17:21 JST
A transgender man in his 30s from Sapporo applied to change his legal gender earlier this year without undergoing any body-altering medical procedures. (Takayuki Kakuno)
In a landmark decision, the Sapporo Family Court ruled that a requirement mandating transgender individuals to alter the appearance of their genitals to legally change their gender is unconstitutional and invalid. [Read More]
A peek through the music industry’s curtain at the producers who harnessed social media to help their idols go global.
A series based on diplomatic documents declassified by Japan’s Foreign Ministry
Here is a collection of first-hand accounts by “hibakusha” atomic bomb survivors.
Cooking experts, chefs and others involved in the field of food introduce their special recipes intertwined with their paths in life.
A series about Japanese-Americans and their memories of World War II
