Osaka has implemented a citywide ban on outdoor smoking, effective Jan. 27. The move, which prohibits smoking in streets, parks and other open public spaces, marks the first of its kind among ...

Watatsumi Shrine completely bans all tourists, both international and domestic, following repeated disrespectful behaviour.

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Japan's Osaka High Court ruled Tuesday that the country's ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional, following similar ...

OSAKA—Presiding Judge Kumiko Honda of the Osaka High Court here ruled in favor of LGBT plaintiffs on March 25 over the unconstitutionality of Japan's same-sex marriage ban. Three same-sex ...

March 25 (UPI) --Japan's Osaka High Court ruled Tuesday that the country's ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional. The court's ruling is the fifth decision to call Japan's same-sex marriage ...

The Osaka High Court is the fifth court to rule that the ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional after similar rulings in the high courts of Sapporo, Tokyo, Fukuoka and Nagoya. While Presiding ...

Japan's Osaka Gas has no immediate need to buy more liquefied natural gas from the United States, its president said on ...

Plaintiffs head to the Osaka High Court on March 25, 2025, to hear the court's ruling on the country's lack of legal recognition of same-sex marriage. (Kyodo) OSAKA (Kyodo) -- The Osaka High Court ...

The latest ruling, in line with those of the Sapporo, Tokyo, Fukuoka and Nagoya high courts, overturned the Osaka District Court's judgment that the effective ban on same-sex marriage was ...

The Government distanced itself from plans to ban smoking in the gardens of pubs, bars and restaurants last year (Jacob King/PA) Extending an outdoor smoking ban to hospitality settings is not ...