Despite these trends, labour-force participation remains lower for women. According to the latest available data, 66.6% of ...

Japan definitely has a way to go on this, but I think it's improved an enormous amount during my time here. In my company, parents (and non-parents) can flexibly adjust their hours to look after ...

Japan was at 27th place, followed by South Korea and Turkey. Sweden took the top spot, with Iceland, Finland and Norway behind, according to the annual survey. Looking at the working conditions of ...

Entrepreneur Rozan Al-Khazendar is collaborating with a mail-order business operator out of Shiga Prefecture to launch a ...

TOKYO (AP) - Meet the world's oldest female barber: She is 108 but the slender, white-haired Japanese woman has no plans ... before he was killed in the Japan-China war that broke out in 1937.

A woman in Japan was arrested for allegedly locking her naked partner on their balcony for the night, leading to his death from the cold, police said Friday. The 54-year-old was arrested on ...