A decade since Tokyo's Shibuya and Setagaya wards introduced Japan's first "partnership system" offering public recognition to LGBTQ+ and other sexual-minority couples, the system has spread across the country. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/18/japan/society/same-sex-marriages/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #samesexmarriage #shibuya #setagaya #tokyo #localgovernment #akashi
Despite many clues left at the scene, police are still desperately searching for whoever is behind the brutal murder of a family of four in Tokyo's Setagaya Ward 25 years ago. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/30/japan/crime-legal/setagaya-murder-search/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #tokyo #setagaya #japanesepolice #stabbings
A Japanese group remains resolved to seek state relief for civilians who sustained injuries and other damage from U.S. air raids during World War II. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/28/japan/japan-wwii-air-raid-damage-relief-demand/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #wwii #tokyoairraids #ldp #sanaetakaichi #katsueihirasawa #setagaya
Tokyo police have arrested a South Korean man on suspicion of fatally attacking his ex-girlfriend in the capital's Setagaya Ward, despite having watched him go through a security check at Narita Airport days earlier. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/02/japan/crime-legal/japan-woman-stabbing-suspect-arrest/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #stabbings #japanesepolice#setagaya