Showing posts with label Japan. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Japan. Show all posts
Friday, March 15, 2024

Japanese Appellate Court Says Failure to Recognize Same-Sex Marriage Is Unconstitutional

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In Japan yesterday, the Sapporo High Court-- an intermediate appellate court-- held that Japan's refusal to recognize same-sex marriages...
Wednesday, June 22, 2022

Japanese Court Upholds Ban On Same-Sex Marriage

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NPR reports  that in Japan on Monday, the Osaka District Court ruled that the country's ban on same-sex marriage does not violate Japan&...
Thursday, February 25, 2021

Japan Supreme Court: City Cannot Offer Land Free To Confucian Temple

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Kyodo reports that Japan's Supreme Court yesterday ruled that it was unconstitutional for a city government to waive land usage fees fo...
Tuesday, November 12, 2019

Japan's New Emperor To Celebrate Enthronement Rite of Night With Goddess

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According to WION , this Thursday brings the last major enthronement rite for Japan's new Emperor Naruhito-- spending the night with the...
Friday, November 30, 2018

Should Japanese Government Pay For Shinto Royal Rites?

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The Telegraph reports: Prince Akishino, the younger son of Japan’s Emperor Akihito, has stirred controversy by suggesting that the state ...
Friday, October 26, 2018

Japanese Court Rejects Challenge To Prime Minister's Visit To Yasukuni Shrine

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Kyodo News reports on a decision by a Japanese appellate court yesterday holding that a 2013 visit by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to the Yasu...
Tuesday, April 22, 2014

2 Suits Say Japan's Prime Minister Violated Religion-State Limits In Visiting Yasukuni Shrine

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In Japan yesterday, 273 plaintiffs filed suit asking the Tokyo District Court to rule that the visit last December to the Yasukuni Shrine by...
Thursday, December 26, 2013

Japan's Prime Minister Angers China, South Korea By Visiting Controversial Shinto War Shrine

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Today Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe angered China and South Korea by visiting the  Yasukuni Shrine , a Shinto shrine to the war dead...
Sunday, November 24, 2013

Shinto Is Growing Force In Japanese Politics

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The Japan Times yesterday carried an interesting article on the growing influence of Shinto in Japanese politics. Japan’s education ministe...