To succeed in today’s global market, leveraging diversity of thought and building an inclusive culture ... women in their professional journeys and promote shared family responsibilities in Japan.

Medieval Japanese culture, influenced by Confucian ideals, imposed strict gender roles. While Japanese women had more power than their European counterparts, they were still expected to be homemakers, ...

Only about 2,000 ama divers remain across Japan, and fewer young women are continuing the practice, leaving Ohno to possibly be the last diver in her generation. While the ama culture remains a ...

There’s something peculiar going on with the three young women at the heart of Nobuhiro Doi’s “Unreachable.” ...

Mother’s #39 (2002) by Ishiuchi Miyako, who organised and featured in Japan’s first all-women photography exhibition in 1976 Courtesy Third Gallery Aya (Osaka) and Aperture Ambivalence over ...

Ms. Watanabe said she had been interested in women’s rights since her school days in Tokyo. When some of the survivors of Japan’s military sexual slavery system finally came forward in the ...

A Japanese man has been dubbed “the crazy key-copying demon” after he copied a woman’s key to sneak into her home on New Year’s Eve. The housebreaker then spent two hours watching TV, lost ...

Researchers at University of Tsukuba have discovered that the so-called "multi-task exercise," which combines cognitive activity with physical movement, enhances sleep quality in older women by ...

March 8 (Reuters) - Japan Football Association president Tsuneyasu Miyamoto has said his country will consider bidding to host the 2039 Women's World Cup after FIFA's decision not to allow Asian ...