Japan top court rules against restroom use limit for trans gov't worker

Japan's top court on Tuesday ruled unanimously against the trade ministry's imposition of restrictions on the use of women's restrooms by a transgender official, marking the first judgment by the court on workplace environments for sexual minorities.The Supreme Court's five-member Third Petty Bench, which overturned a lower court decision, also found the 2015 approval of the restrictions by the National Personnel Authority "illegal.""We need to give serious thought about how to engage with minorities such as those with disabilities or gay people, and not in an abstract manner," the official…READ FULL ARTICLE