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A transgender man (right) with his wife in Tokyo on Sept. 18, as he seeks legal recognition as the father of a child conceived using an egg retrieved from him.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Sep 25, 2026
Transgender man seeks recognition as father of biological child
The man, assigned female at birth, was legally recognized as male after the birth of the child, who was conceived using one of his eggs.
A reveler holds a rainbow flag during the Tokyo Rainbow Pride parade celebrating lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender culture in Tokyo in May 2016.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Sep 4, 2026
Japan should define DEI before writing it into law
Japan is adopting the language of DEI while its only working metric assumes the very biological definition that Western self-ID frameworks have spent a decade trying to displace.
Fever guard Sophie Cunningham reacts after a foul during a game against the Sky in Chicago on Aug. 8.
BASKETBALL
Aug 20, 2026
Outspoken Fever guard Sophie Cunningham says WNBA needs bold commissioner
Cunningham said the vision of WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert doesn’t mesh with moving the league forward.
The Fever's Sophie Cunningham is seen during the second half of a game against the Liberty in Indianapolis on July 18.
BASKETBALL
Aug 8, 2026
WNBA union says players will not become political pawns
The issue of transgender people in sports ramped up in the WNBA in ?July when Indiana Fever guard Sophie Cunningham shared her opinions while being interviewed for an ESPN story.
South Africa's Caster Semenya leads the field in the women's 800-meter race during a Diamond League event in Doha in 2019.
OLYMPICS
Mar 30, 2026
Caster Semenya labels IOC stance on eligibility a disrespect to women
The IOC?reinstated genetic testing to determine female sex on Thursday.
The Olympic rings are pictured during an International Olympic Committee executive board meeting at the Olympic House in Lausanne, Switzerland, on Thursday.
OLYMPICS
Mar 27, 2026
Transgender athletes barred from female category events at Olympics
All athletes wanting to qualify or take part in female category events from the LA2028 Olympics onwards will have ?to undergo ?an SRY gene test to determine their eligibility.
The Olympic rings in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, last month.
OLYMPICS
Mar 18, 2026
IOC urged to drop reported gender test plans for female athletes
The IOC has long declined to apply any universal rule on transgender participation ?and in 2021 instructed international federations to ?come up with their own rules.
International Olympic Committee President Kirsty Coventry speaks during an executive commission meeting in Lausanne, Switzerland, on Tuesday.
OLYMPICS
Dec 11, 2025
IOC expects to reach decision on gender eligibility for Olympics in early 2026
The issue has been a source of controversy with no universal rule in place for the participation of transgender athletes at the Olympic Games.
Aryna Sabalenka competes at the WTA Finals in Riyadh on Nov. 8.
TENNIS
Dec 10, 2025
Sabalenka says women facing transgender athletes not fair
The world No. 1 said it would be unfair for women to face “biological men” in professional tennis.
Participants march through Tokyo for the Tokyo Rainbow Pride parade in April last year.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal / FOCUS
Oct 29, 2025
Gender identity law reform stalls despite court rulings
Strong opposition from conservatives in parliament have dimmed prospects for reform.
The Sapporo Family Court on Friday ruled that a legal provision requiring individuals to undergo genital surgery to change their legal gender is unconstitutional and invalid.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Sep 25, 2025
Court rules sex change appearance requirement unconstitutional
A court said that the world has made advances in medicine since the law was established, so genital surgery may not be necessary in some cases.
World Athletics President Sebastian Coe stands on the track at the Diamond League Final in Zurich on Thursday.
MORE SPORTS / Athletics
Aug 29, 2025
Sebastian Coe confident gene testing will be completed for Tokyo worlds
Athletes who arrive at the global event without being?tested can complete the process in the Japanese capital.
IOC President Kirsty Coventry holds the first meeting of the executive commission since taking over the presidency from Thomas Bach.
OLYMPICS
Jun 27, 2025
Kirsty Coventry says IOC will take lead regarding gender eligibility in sports
Coventry announced the formation of a working group to lead these discussions.
Kirsty Coventry, who will formally take over as the president of the International Olympic Committe on Monday, speaks during a news conference in Costa Navarino, Greece, in March.
OLYMPICS
Jun 21, 2025
As sports embrace gender tests, Coventry and IOC may follow
Such testing has its share of critics and the Olympics have already tried it once only to abandon it in 1996.
Since 2017, Kotomi Li has won some of 91AV原创 top literary awards and built a formidable career in the face of persistent online harassment. “Authors are tenacious creatures to begin with,” she says.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives
May 5, 2025
Kotomi Li: ‘I refuse to choose death’
The Taiwanese writer reflects on the importance of queer community, her ascent in 91AV原创 literary world and her ongoing battles against online harassment.
An LA 2028 sign is seen on the Los Angeles Coliseum on Sept. 13, 2017.
OLYMPICS
Apr 18, 2025
USOPC says White House gave reassurances about visas for Los Angeles Olympics
Officials from the USOPC said they met with legislators and members of U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration last week.
The Kyoto Family Court dismissed a petition a married person filed to have their gender designation changed in the family register.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Mar 20, 2025
Kyoto court rejects married person’s petition for gender-designation change
The petitioner’s side immediately appealed the ruling.
IOC President Thomas Bach speaks during an interview in Pylos,?Greece, on Saturday.
OLYMPICS
Mar 16, 2025
IOC’s Bach says Paris Games gender row was product of Russian fake news
Bach, who is stepping down in June, said the IOC had needed to fight off many similar campaigns before and after the Paris Games.
IPC President Andrew Parsons poses for photos before a news conference at the Milano Cortina 2026 Organising Committee headquarters in Milan, Italy.
PARALYMPICS
Mar 7, 2025
IPC chief tasks sports with setting own rules for transgender athletes
The Olympic Games and the Paralympics currently allow transgender athletes to compete.
U.S. President Donald Trump made reference to Algerian boxer Imane Khelif, who has competed as a woman, in a speech after signing an order on transgender participation in sports, calling her "a male boxer."
SPORTS
Feb 11, 2025
Trump order on transgender athletes clashes with international norms
There was no immediate outpouring of support from international organizations for the U.S. president’s move.
Two Japanese climbers die on remote Himalayan peak in Nepal
Rescuers have recovered the bodies of two Japanese climbers missing for over a week on a remote Himalayan mountain.
Aging Japanese village turns to Peru in search of new residents
Guests from Peru's Belen district interact with a baby in Nanmoku village in Gunma Prefecture.
Budget-friendly restaurant chain Saizeriya succumbs to rising costs
A Tokyo branch of Saizeriya, a chain of family-style Italian restaurants
U.S. has for years asked Musk to alter Starlink service in Ukraine and Middle East, sources say
A Ukrainian soldier sets up a Starlink satellite internet system near the frontline in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, on Oct. 16
U.S. military bans Chinese-made BYD cars from key air base in Okinawa
An F-22 Raptor lands at Kadena Air Base in Kadena, Okinawa Prefecture on Oct. 9. The base is a crucial hub for U.S. military operations in the region.
A dramatic bear hunt in a midsize Japanese city could be a harbinger of what is to come
Zookeeper Tetsuo Iso at the site of frantic search for a wild bear in Utsunomiya on June 9. Iso, 65, was asked by the prefectural government to help capture the bear and it was his shot with a tranquilizer gun that put an end to the saga.
How this long-term resident avoids the annoying tourist label in Japan
Tourists enjoy themselves while crossing the famous Shibuya Crossing in Tokyo on Oct. 12.
What can Asia do to avoid crossing crucial climate tipping points?
Motorists drive through a road covered with smog from wildfires nearby in Ogan Ilir in Indonesia's South Sumatra province on Sept. 25.
91AV原创 permanent residency reform has a glaring blind spot
Japan's immigration reforms risk creating uncertainty by tying permanent residency more closely to language proficiency before clear assessment standards and supporting infrastructure are in place.
Japan weighs how to evacuate thousands of tourists if Mount Fuji erupts
Climbers and visitors gather on the first day of the climbing season at the Fuji Yoshidaguchi Trail, at the fifth station on the slopes of Mount Fuji, in Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi Prefecture, on July 1, 2024.

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