A version of this scene repeated itself all day in Kyoto last month as 300 wrestlers went at it in bout after bout. This was ...

A dozen women in sports bras and tight shorts stood behind a U-shaped counter at an underground bar in a busy Tokyo ...

Japan ranks low in gender equality among developed nations. The first woman to lead the country is an ultraconservative who ...

Hisako “Chako” Higuchi won the 1977 LPGA Championship (now KPMG Women’s PGA) to become the first Japanese player to win an ...

Women's rights campaigners in Japan have expressed disappointment about the appointment of only two women in the new ...

Akita Prefecture has Japan's most aged population, lowest birthrate and fastest declining population. Rigid gender roles are prompting young women to leave rural areas like this for opportunities ...

The rise of women on the right is intriguing. It may also be short-lived. The steady growth of the number of women in ...

Satsuki Katayama is Japan’s first female finance minister, and also one of the few in her job in recent decades that previously worked as an official at the powerful bureaucracy.

Rotterdam's 2026 Focus spotlights Japan's V-Cinema era with films by Miike Takashi, Nakata Hideo, Kurosawa Kiyoshi and Aoyama ...

US President Donald Trump is in Japan today, continuing his series of key meetings with leaders in Asia, as the government shutdown drags on back home. Follow for live updates.

Mone Chiba of Japan has won Skate Canada with a near-flawless free skate, holding off American Isabeau Levito.

A quiet revolution is building in Japan. In 2026 a legal reform will allow joint custody post-divorce and hopes to address ...