It commemorates the Filipino “comfort women”, who were forced to work as ... of sexual slavery into Japan’s occupied colonies in Asia. As a believer in the Yamato race theory, Kishi thought ...

As Indian women continue to redefine global travel trends, they bring with them a powerful blend of confidence, curiosity, ...

Mina Watanabe has made it her life’s work to tell the stories of the women who were sexually enslaved by the Japanese military before and during World War II. By Vivian Morelli Reporting from ...

digital travel platform Agoda unveils the top women's travel trends in Asia this year. While both women and men in Asia plan to travel more in 2025, Agoda's findings show how women are shaping the ...

Catholics in South Korea have urged the Japanese government to offer a sincere apology to the comfort women forced into sexual slavery by its imperial army during World War II. The National Catholic ...

A new report has revealed the level of violence and abuse women in politics face across the Asia-Pacific region, including in Australia. Women have told the Inter-Parliamentary Union report that ...

digital travel platform Agoda unveils the top women's travel trends in Asia this year. While both women and men in Asia plan to travel more in 2025, Agoda's findings show how women are shaping the ...

From collecting mosquito samples in the neighbourhoods of Malaysia to studying bacteria in Antarctica, Dr Nur Alia Johari's ...

Japan’s decision to end its contribution to the U.N.’s top gender equality body could hardly come at a worse time, both ...

Nearly 30 years later, as Misun Woo – the regional coordinator of Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development (APWLD) – told The Diplomat’s Managing Editor Catherine Putz in the ...