TOKYO (Kyodo) -- New Japan women's basketball team head coach Corey Gaines vowed Monday to restore "respect" from the world ...

Japanese women struggling with loneliness and financial issues commit petite crimes to go to prison, where they find ...

TOKYO, Japan - Japan said it would not fund a UN women's rights committee and suspended a member's visit over calls for the ...

Seven men have been arrested for allegedly forcing women into prostitution, mainly catering to foreigners visiting Japan as ...

Tokyo's Minato Ward will provide an additional subsidy of up to 100,000 yen (about $643) to women utilizing the capital's ...

Reports suggest that a growing number of elderly women are turning to crime as a means to escape isolation and loneliness.

Chief cabinet secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi said Thursday that a visit by a member of the UN Committee on the Elimination of ...

An extra-governmental organization that provides grants to privately run educational institutions decided Thursday not to ...

More than 40 percent of Japanese individuals wish to continue using their original surnames at work after marriage according to a Cabinet Office surv ...

In a troubling reflection of Japan's aging population crisis, an 81-year-old woman named Akiyo resorted to theft to secure a ...

More than 40 per cent of Japanese individuals wish to continue using their original surnames at work after marriage, according to ...