Eight years ago, Yuriko Koike became the first woman to lead Tokyo, beating her male predecessor. She won her third term as ...

More than 50 percent of women in Tokyo have fallen victim to “chikan” groping while riding on or waiting for trains, usually ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NHK and other media outlets said the attacker, a woman sociology student, had swung a hammer during a class. Several reports said ...

I'll admit it. When I was on the 14-hour flight to Tokyo, I had absolutely no qualms about the sort of cultural shocks and challenges that I would be facing for the next four months. I was cocky. I ...

The Nature Index tracks primary research articles from 145 natural-science and health-science journals, chosen based on reputation by an independent group of researchers. The Nature Index provides ...

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (front-center) poses with new cabinet members after reshuffle, in Tokyo on Sept. 13, 2023. Five women feature in Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s new cabinet lineup ...

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 ...