No matter the occasion, Japanese women tend to adopt a high-pitched voice in public or when speaking on the telephone. The same can be said of actresses in movies as well as news anchors in Japan.

Many Japanese of the time objected since it implied that Japan was subordinate to ... By the Heian period, women had few official roles in government, but aristocratic women were educated, could own ...

This series examines the range of factors that hold Japanese women back from achieving their potential.

A filmmaker is working to spotlight a group of Japanese American women who have lived through a unique period in history in Hawaii. Their stories are humble – and sometimes heartbreaking.

Burdened with household chores and outdated notions about work, Japanese women get the least amount of sleep among 33 countries surveyed by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.

“I want to move the Japanese Diet, and society, forward.” Activists in Japan maintain that the election of more women will lead to a more inclusive society. Some of them addressed a webinar ...

A group of Japanese women on Monday submitted a petition to the government to protest what they say is a de-facto requirement for female staff to wear high heels at work. The #KuToo campaign ...

Princess Mako, who was set to give up her royal status to marry a commoner, recently postponed her marriage If a female member of the Japanese ... who does not have an aristocratic or royal ...