English media coverage of trans-related events in Japan

English-media coverage of trans-related events in Japan

"All lawmakers we met with had a sympathetic ear for us. We will continue to make appeals to them in an effort to improve our living conditions."

-TORAI Masae, a female-to-male transgendered

last updated 2003/03/01

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2003

Japan Signals New Acceptance Of Transgendered
(365Gay.com March 1, 2003)

Moriyama supports transsexuals
(Japan Times February 28, 2003)

Gov't backs amending registration law for transsexuals
(Kyodo February 27, 2003)

Tottori to eliminate sex category on documents
(Daily Yomiuri February 22, 2003)

Transsexuals ask for family registration law amendment
Keiji Hirano
(Kyodo February 13, 2003)

Transsexuals, supporters work for public understanding
Keiji Hirano
(Kyodo February 1, 2003)

Japan: Court Throws Out Transsexual's Demand To Alter Gender In Register
(Gay.com January 24, 2003)

Court rejects transsexual's demand to alter gender in register
(Kyodo January 13, 2003)

2002

Court rejects gender change request in resident registry
(Kyodo December 21, 2002)

Male Japan MPs ponder sex change for cabinet seat-PM
(Reuters October 18, 2002)

MARKET TALK/JP: Want To Join Cabinet?Get A Sex Change!
(Dow Jones Newswires October 18, 2002)

Red tape emerges as woe for transsexuals - Vox Populi, Vox Dei Tensei Jingo
(International Herald Tribune/Asahi October 10, 2002)

Gays, transsexuals work for understanding
By Keiji Hirano
(Japan Today/Kyodo September 28, 2002)

Family court dismisses suit over former female's registry
(Japan Times August 29, 2002)

Court vetoes gender change on family register
(Mainichi Daily News August 29, 2002)

Court rejects lawsuit seeking to change gender in registry
(Kyodo August 29, 2002)

Branded! All eyes are watching Japan's new ID system
BY BRYAN WALSH
(TIME Asia edition August 19-26, 2002)

Japanese Fear New ID System Is a Shoji Screen for Big Brother
Asia: Government's new online citizens registry network sparks protests nationwide from people concerned for their privacy.
By MARK MAGNIER TIMES STAFF WRITER
(Los Angeles Times August 11, 2002)

Japanese Drop Out of New ID System
By YURI KAGEYAMA, AP Business Writer
(AP August 10, 2002)

There's always someone looking at you-and the people don't like it
(The Economist August 8, 2002)

Japanese ID system reports data leak
Privacy fears resurrected with nationwide program mishap
(AP/CNN August 8, 2002)

Japan in an Uproar as 'Big Brother' Computer File Kicks In
By JAMES BROOKE
(New York Times August 6, 2002)

Juki Net online_minus 4 million holdouts
(International Herald Tribune/Asahi News August 6, 2002)

Japan launches compulsory ID network
Privacy advocates angry about 'Big Brother' aspects
(Reuters/CNN August 5, 2002)

Launch of resident registry network marred by problems
(Mainichi Daily News August 5, 2002)

Japan launches controversial personal identification system
(AFP August 5, 2002)

Glitches Mar Japan ID System Debut
(AP August 5, 2002)

Japan launches ID scheme
(BBC August 5, 2002)

Japan ID system raises Big Brother fears
(CNN August 5, 2002)

Japan's national database raises 'Big Brother' fears
By Michiyo Nakamoto in Tokyo
(Financial Times August 5, 2002)

Resident registry network launched amid criticism
(Kyodo August 5, 2002)

Japan launches ID network amid "Big Brother" angst
By Isabel Reynolds
(Reuters August 5, 2002)

Japan launches national ID system amid protests about privacy invasion
(AP August 4, 2002)

Japan to launch controversial personal identification system
(AFP August 3, 2002)

Firm appeals ruling on dismissal of transsexual employee
(Kyodo / Japan Today June 27, 2002)

TG Victory In Japan
(365Gay.com July 5, 2002)

Japan: Landmark Case In Transgender Sacking
(Gay.com UK June 24, 2002)

Activists Hail Ruling on Transgender Sacking
(Reuters June 21, 2002)

Company's dismissal of transsexual ruled illegal
(Kyodo / Japan Today June 21, 2002)

Court rules businessman can wear a dress
(Mainichi Daily News June 20, 2002)

Transgendered Worker Fired For Wearing Dress
(Gay.com UK June 14, 2002)

Transgendered Worker Fired For Wearing Dress
(365Gay.com June 14, 2002)

Gender disorder sufferer sacked for "cross dressing"
(Mainichi Daily News June 13, 2002)

He always knew he was really a she
By Chie Matsumoto
(International Herald Tribune/Asahi May 26, 2002)

Transsexual boat racer debuts as a man
(Kyodo/Japan Today May 10, 2002)

Motorboat racer waves good-bye to womanhood
(Tokyo Weekly May 10, 2002)

Female motorboat racer makes debut as a 'man'
(Daily Yomiuri May 11, 2002)

Weird educational world
Transexual lecturers in Japan, .... David Cohen trawls cyberspace for what's weird and wonderful in news from the higher education world
(The Guardian April 15, 2002)

Transsexual to lecture at medical university
By KEIJI HIRANO Kyodo News
(The Japan Times April 10, 2002)

Man Dies Following Sex Change Operation
(Gay.com UK April 3, 2002)

Man dies after sex-change operation
(International Herald Tribune/Asahi April 3, 2002)

2 patients die at cosmetic surgery clinic
(Daily Yomiuri April 3, 2002)

Man dies following sex-change operation
(The Japan Times April 3, 2002)

Man dies following fatal sex change operation
(Mainichi Daily News April 2, 2002)

Woman motorboat driver to race as a man
(Ananova March 29, 2002)

Gender bender boat racer turns male driver
(Mainichi Daily News March 28, 2002)

Murdered Filipino was transsexual
(Kyodo/Japan Today February 27, 2002)

Filipino transsexual's throat slit
(Mainichi Daily News February 26, 2002)

2001

Sex change no cure for torment
Surgery an option but transsexuals still face legal walls
By HIROSHI MATSUBARA Staff writer
(The Japan Times June 20, 2001)

Trans Japanese Seek Recognition
(Gay.com/PlanetOut May 29, 2001)

Japanese Transsexual Battle in Court
(Gay.com UK May 29, 2001)

Japanese transsexuals sue for recognition
(Advocate.com May 26-29, 2001)

Transsexuals try registry change
By TARO KARASAKI
(Asahi Shimbun May 25, 2001)

Doctor group plans to lobby govt on transsexuals' rights
(Daily Yomiuri May 25, 2001)

Six sex-change recipients file for official recognition
(The Japan Times May 25, 2001)

Japanese transsexuals fight in court for recognition
By Olivier Fabre
(Reuters / Yahoo! Singapore News May 24, 2001)

6 transsexuals demand court orders to register new genders
(Kyodo News May 24, 2001)

Request to Record New Genders on Family Registers to be Made
(TBS News i May 22, 2001)

JAPAN: TRANSSEXUALS FIGHT TO MAKE THEIR GENDERS LEGAL
Six Japanese transsexuals have filed a historic lawsuit in a bid to have their genders legally recognised on the country's family register.
(Gay.com UK May 9, 2001)

Transsexuals set to file civil lawsuits
(The Japan Times May 6, 2001)

Book Review: Born in the wrong body
"Search - Kimi ga ita" By Yuuki and Megumi Heianna
(Japan Today April 20, 2001)

Man undergoes sex-change operation
(The Japan Times January 31, 2001)

XVII Harry Benjamin International Gender Dysphoria Association Symposium
31 October - 4 November 2001, Galveston, Texas, U.S.A.

Phallic Construction with Two Free Flaps
by Harashina Takao, Inoue Yoshiharu, Takamatsu Ako

Abdominal Approach to the Anterior Vaginal Flap Elevation
by Takamatsu Ako, Harashina Takao, Inoue Yoshiharu, Kinoshita Katsuyuki, Ishihara Osamu
(International Journal of Transgenderism, The Vol. 5 No. 4, October - December 2001)

Beginnings of Sex Reassignment Surgery in Japan
by Takamatsu Ako, Harashina Takao, Inoue Yoshiharu, Kinoshita Katsuyuki, Ishihara Osamu, Uchijima Yutaka
(International Journal of Transgenderism, The Vol. 5, No. 1 January - March, 2001)

2000

Court lifts ban on transsexual going back to school
(The Japan Times/Kyodo March 9, 2000)

Transsexual Gets Second Shot at School
(Reuters, March 8, 2000)

Heavy and light in minority fiction
(The Japan Times, March 3, 2000)

Transgender writer wins prestigious Akutagawa Award
(The Tokyo-Weekly, Jan. 15, 2000)
http://www.tokyo-weekly.ne.jp/2000/CUL/CUL20000115-1.shtml