Over half of female business leaders in Japan doubt the country will reach its target of having women occupy 30 percent of top corporate roles by 2030, citing slow shifts in views among its male ...

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 ...

The Yomiuri Shimbun warns that the monarchy will be in danger if the nation insists on patrilineal succession. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Despite this remarkable increase in women’s employment in Japan, the female–male wage gap has barely budged and the percentage of managers who are women remains far below the target set by former ...

After becoming the Bank of Japan’s highest-ranking female bureaucrat ever, Tokiko Shimizu is now turning her focus on how to shatter more glass ceilings with a plan to tackle deep-rooted gender ...

Japan is the only G7 country other than the U.S. that has never had a female head of government, and some within the party have said such a move could go a long way toward boosting its image.

Japan’s new Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba more than halved the number of women in the cabinet, an indication that increasing female representation in key policymaking positions is likely not one ...

The two main conservative media outlets in Japan are waging a battle for public opinion, after the Yomiuri newspaper broached an idea long held to be taboo and one that breaks from right-wing values.

Japan has lost its position as the world’s largest creditor nation for the first time in 34 years, despite posting a record amount of overseas assets. The country’s net external assets totaled ...

More than 20 female veterans gathered outside the U.S. Capitol on Thursday to express their concerns with how women in the armed forces are treated and their frustrations with efforts to erase ...

A commemorative event should be held at the Commonwealth War Cemetery in Yokohama, Japan, on Sept. 2 to honor Allied POWs held by the Japanese. A high-profile delegation led by President Trump, ...

STORRS, Conn. (WTNH) — Pattie Wu-Murad, the Connecticut woman who went missing in Japan in 2023, has been found and declared dead, according to her family. Wu-Murad went missing on April 10 ...