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Japan's Supreme Court has ruled that it is unconstitutional to require citizens to be sterilised before they can officially change genders.

The queer man who celebrated the love of the samurai warriors of Japan.

10 things I learnt on my travels.

The cautious approach sees tourism initially limited to group trips.

Change is slow.

Online events helped bridge the gap but Pride celebrations provide much-needed visibility for Japan's LGBTQ community.

It's a country that's full of surprises.

Japan is the only G7 country not to have same-sex marriage or civil unions.

A trans woman brought her case against the government to a court in Tokyo, arguing that her workplace discriminated against her when it limited the bathrooms that she could use.

A woman in Japan, sued the operator of an Osaka hospital where she works, claiming she suffered undue emotional distress after her boss revealed to colleagues she had transitioned some years earlier due to her gender dysphoria.