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TOKYO -- The Bank of Japan will discuss whether to end its negative interest rate policy at a meeting that starts Monday, Nikkei has learned, as pay hikes by major companies bring the central bank's 2% price stability target within reach.
TOKYO -- Toppan Holdings plans to build a semiconductor package substrate plant in Singapore and begin operations at the end of 2026, joining several other Japanese substrate makers in boosting capital investment amid booming demand tied to artificial intelligence.
TOKYO -- The Japanese government has started talks with Southeast Asian countries to enable joint use of QR code payment services, which would let international travelers make purchases abroad using their own payment methods.
A high court in Japan on Thursday said the country's ban on same-sex marriage was unconstitutional, ruling on a matter that has divided lower levels of the judiciary and put the conservative government at odds with shifting public opinion.
TOKYO (AP) — The powerful lower house of Japan’s parliament passed a bill Tuesday to promote understanding of LGBTQ+ issues amid protests by activists who say last-minute revisions by Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s conservative party favored opponents of sexual equality instead of guaranteeing equal rights.
TOKYO - Japan's bar on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional, the high court in the northern region of Sapporo said on Thursday (March 14), the first such ruling by an appeals court on a matter that has divided the lower levels of the judiciary.
But in the first decision by a high court among a series of similar lawsuits filed at five district courts, the Sapporo High Court rejected the plaintiffs’ claim for damages over what they called the government’s negligence in not amending the law to allow them to marry.