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Ice hockey: Women's world championship

Japan's Miyuu Masuhara (L) defends the net in the second period of a quarterfinal against Canada at the women's ice hockey world championship in Ceske Budejovice in the Czech Republic on April 17, 2025.

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Tokyo ward issues certificate for same sex couples

Hiroko Masuhara (L) and Koyuki Higashi hold a certificate, issued by Tokyo's Shibuya Ward on Nov. 5, 2015, recognizing their same-sex partnership as equivalent to marriage. The first such move among Japanese municipalities aims to combat discrimination against sexual minorities and secure social diversity. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tokyo ward issues certificate for same sex couples

Hiroko Masuhara (L) and Koyuki Higashi hold a certificate, issued by Tokyo's Shibuya Ward on Nov. 5, 2015, recognizing their same-sex partnership as equivalent to marriage. The first such move among Japanese municipalities aims to combat discrimination against sexual minorities and secure social diversity. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tokyo ward issues certificate for same sex couples

Hiroko Masuhara (L) and Koyuki Higashi hold a certificate, issued by Tokyo's Shibuya Ward on Nov. 5, 2015, recognizing their same-sex partnership as equivalent to marriage. The first such move among Japanese municipalities aims to combat discrimination against sexual minorities and secure social diversity. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tokyo ward issues certificate for same sex couples

Ken Hasebe (L), mayor of Tokyo's Shibuya Ward, congratulates Hiroko Masuhara (C) and Koyuki Higashi as they received a certificate at the ward office on Nov. 5, 2015, recognizing their same-sex partnership as equivalent to marriage. The first such move among Japanese municipalities, it aims to combat discrimination against sexual minorities and secure social diversity. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Same-sex couple applies for partnership paper

Hiroko Masuhara (L) and Koyuki Higashi leave Tokyo's Shibuya Ward office on Oct. 28, 2015, after applying for a certificate recognizing their same-sex partnership as equivalent to marriage. The ward will issue the document on Nov. 5 as Japan's first municipality to officially recognize same-sex couples. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Same-sex couple applies for partnership paper

Hiroko Masuhara (L) and Koyuki Higashi hold paperwork acknowledging their application for recognition of their same-sex partnership at Tokyo's Shibuya Ward office on Oct. 28, 2015. The ward will issue a certificate recognizing their partnership as equivalent to marriage on Nov. 5, after becoming Japan's first municipality to officially recognize same-sex couples. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Same-sex couple applies for partnership paper

Hiroko Masuhara (L) and Koyuki Higashi hold paperwork acknowledging their application for recognition of their same-sex partnership at Tokyo's Shibuya Ward office on Oct. 28, 2015. The ward will issue a certificate recognizing their partnership as equivalent to marriage on Nov. 5, after becoming Japan's first municipality to officially recognize same-sex couples. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Same-sex couple joins LGBT parade in NY

Koyuki Higashi (R on front row) and her partner Hiroko Masuhara from Japan join a parade in New York on June 28, 2015, to appeal for the furthering of the rights of sexual minorities. Such parades were held all over the United States after the U.S. Supreme Court handed down a landmark decision that recognizes same-sex marriage as legal and deems state-level bans on it unconstitutional. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tokyo ward assembly passes ordinance recognizing same-sex couples

Hiroko Masuhara (L) and her partner Koyuki Higashi (2nd from R) hold a banner celebrating the adoption of an ordinance by Tokyo's Shibuya Ward assembly on March 31, 2015, recognizing same-sex partnerships as being equivalent to marriage. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tokyo ward OKs ordinance on same-sex partnerships

Koyuki Higashi (R), 30, and her partner Hiroko Masuhara (L), 37, celebrate in front of the Shibuya Ward government office in Tokyo on March 31, 2015, after the ward became Japan's first municipality to adopt an ordinance enabling it to issue certificates recognizing same-sex partnerships as being equivalent to marriage. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Pro-LGBT politicians condemn discrimination

Economic analyst Kazuyo Katsuma (L) speaks at a press conference, with her partner and LGBT activist Hiroko Masuhara, at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo on Sept. 5, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan upper house election

LGBT candidate Hiroko Masuhara of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan thanks a supporter in Kyoto after losing in the House of Councillors election on July 21, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Researchers succeed in writing micro-character with laser

OSAKA, Japan - Photo shows a minute letter 'H' written by a team of Osaka University researchers on a piece of glass 10 micrometers square using a laser. The team, led by Hiroshi Masuhara, professor of applied physics at the university's graduate school of engineering, said four million characters can be written on a 2-square-centimeter postage stamp using their micro-technology. The photo was released Oct. 19 by Prof. Masuhara.