Japan's government and ruling bloc plan to extend the ongoing parliamentary session by up to around 10 days beyond June 21 to ensure the passage of two controversial bills on tighter immigration rules and increasing the defense budget, according to ruling lawmakers
A Japanese court on Tuesday became the country's second to rule that the lack of legal recognition of same-sex marriage is unconstitutional, in a move likely to add pressure on the government to accelerate efforts to do more to protect sexual minorities. However, the Nagoya District Court, ruling on a…