Japanese women, long accustomed to enduring sexual harassment in silence, are speaking out after a high-profile scandal involving a top bureaucrat stirred debate and protests.

Five women feature in Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s new cabinet lineup, yet the influx may not exactly point to a gender equality breakthrough.

San Francisco’s Anchor Brewing Company has been sold to Japan-based Sapporo Holdings Limited on Thursday morning.

Shigeru Ishiba likes the nitty-gritty of policy and geeky pursuit of making military models, but his dream job as Japanese prime minister crumbled Sunday.

Many women imprisoned in Japan suffer serious human rights abuse and mistreatment. The Japanese government should urgently adopt reforms to improve prison conditions, decriminalize simple ...

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Around 33.4% of 18-year-old women in Japan may never become mothers, according to a report by the National Institute of Population and Social Security Research (IPSS).

Women long avoided Japan's ubiquitous ramen shops, but could female and foreigner-powered innovation save the humble noodle soup?