The arrest marked the first crackdown in the country on cases involving soliciting customers to restaurants and pubs through ...

Sanae Takaichi, the first woman to lead Japan as prime minister, skipped a sumo awards ceremony, reflecting her cautious ...

Project B, the new women's and men's basketball league, will make a stop in Tokyo in April 2027. Tokyo is the first city the organization has officially announced. Its tournament will be one of seven ...

At the World Championships in Tokyo, the track was filled with Black women redefining what it means to compete at the highest level. Yes, the medals made us proud. Meanwhile, the hair, nails, and the ...

Celebrating the Women Shaping Japan’s Cybersecurity Future CSWJ recognize leadership that strengthens security through ...

A woman with spiky, dyed blonde hair sits submerged in a bath strewn with red rose petals. She is naked, aside from a pair of swimming goggles just visible above the water line. This is one of ...

TOKYO — As Japan’s first female prime minister, Sanae Takaichi has broken new ground in a country that struggles with gender equality. But she has quickly run up against a tradition that may be ...

TOKYO, Feb 28 (Reuters) - The Japanese women's soccer team won a spot at the Paris Olympics on Wednesday after beating their North Korean rivals in a match that also marked the first visit by one of ...

A widely ridiculed Japanese government idea to lure Tokyo women into marrying men in rural areas by offering cash payouts and train tickets to matchmaking events has been scrapped, officials said ...

Five women feature in Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s new cabinet lineup, up from the previous two and equaling a previous record, yet the influx may not point to a gender equality breakthrough in a ...

Project B, the new women’s and men’s basketball league, will make a stop in Tokyo in April 2027. Tokyo is the first city the organization has officially announced. Its tournament will be one of seven ...