The Japan Shogi Association elected its first female president in its 101-year history. Ichiyo Shimizu, 56, who holds a 7-dan “joryu kishi” ranking, was named to succeed 54-year-old Yoshiharu ...

W omen's shogi player Ichiyo Shimizu, who holds a seventh-dan ranking in the game, has been appointed as the new president of the Japan Shogi Association. It is the first time in the association's ...

A new study from Toho University reveals that female earwigs exhibit a similar pattern of exaggerated forceps growth as males, suggesting that both sexes may have evolved these traits through ...

According to the Japan Society for the Study of Obesity, 20% of women in their 20s in Japan are underweight, one of the highest rates among developed countries.

Japan's leading shogi organization on Friday picked the first female chief in its 101-year history as part of efforts to encourage more young people, including women, to participate in the ...

A 36-year-old man went on trial Tuesday, charged with killing his 40-year-old female colleague in Yamanashi Prefecture last year. In the opening session of his lay judge trial at the Kofu District ...

Despite significant wins at festivals and policies from the National Film Board, female crew members are still underrepresented in French industry.

Over the course of 24, which follows federal agent Jack Bauer (Kiefer Sutherland), there are numerous presidents and presidential candidates, but in season seven, President Allison Taylor is ...

When Westerville City Council confirms Holly Murchland June 3 as the city's chief of police, she will become the first female in history to lead the department's 80 sworn officers in a city of ...

Graduate lawyers, academics, actors, architects and book editors are next in line for potentially significant gender pay rises following the minimum wage decision.

Shigeo Nagashima, who was known in Japan as "Mr. Pro Baseball" and was one of the most famous people in the country during his playing days in Nippon Professional Baseball, has died. He was 89 ...

Two female high-jump competitors refused to stand alongside a transgender rival on the podium at this weekend's high school state championships in Oregon.. Reese Eckard of Sherwood High School and ...