Akita Prefecture has Japan's most aged population, lowest birthrate and fastest declining population. Rigid gender roles are ...

The creative talks about what it means to be a woman working in Japan's music industry today & the hopes she carries for the ...

Looking back on 25 years of her career, the performer shares the unexpected message she would offer her younger self today.

Women's rights campaigners in Japan have expressed disappointment about the appointment of only two women in the new ...

The rise of women on the right is intriguing. It may also be short-lived. The steady growth of the number of women in ...

In Japan, more people are trying to avoid drinking too much alcohol because it can cause health problems. Experts say women ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about economics, markets and policymaking throughout Asia. Pedestrians cross a road in Tokyo, Japan. Sometimes, it’s the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about economics, markets and policymaking throughout Asia. Sanae Takaichi, newly-elected leader of the Liberal Democratic ...

Victim who is ‘slapped hard’ on the buttocks chases assailant, kicks him in the belly; police respond by saying there is ...

A woman who was trapped on the balcony of her apartment during a fire in Japan was so terrified that she not only refused ...

Hisako “Chako” Higuchi won the 1977 LPGA Championship (now KPMG Women’s PGA) to become the first Japanese player to win an ...

Japan plans to start administering vaccines against respiratory syncytial virus to pregnant women in April to prevent ...