Liberalism
Yuri Igarashi, right, a co-chair of the Japan Alliance for LGBT Legislation speaks at a press conference in Tokyo Friday, June 4, 2021. Sexual minority groups and supporters, in their last ditch effort to get their long sought equality law before the Olympics, petitioned at offices of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party whose conservative members are resisting and stalling the legislation. (Kyodo News via AP)
Japan LGBTQ activists push for equality law before Olympics

By Mari Yamaguchi Jun. 04, 2021 09:06 AM EDT

Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games Organising Committee President Yoshiro Mori delivers a speech at a beginning of a meeting on the preparation for the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics at the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) headquarters in Tokyo Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021. (Kazuhiro Nogi/Pool Photo via AP)
Tokyo Olympic organizers reiterate 'we will hold the games'

By Chisato Tanaka Feb. 02, 2021 07:51 AM EST