Japan to halt funding for a UN women's rights panel over call to end male-only imperial succession
Japan is to freeze voluntary funding for a United Nations’ women’s rights panel over its recommendation that Japan’s ...
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Tokyo woman sent over $192K to grifters posing as Japanese astronaut
SAITAMA -- Three individuals were arrested on Jan. 16 for allegedly defrauding a Tokyo woman in her 70s of over 30 million yen (approx. $192,000) by impersonating a Japanese astronaut, according ...
I spent 24 days traveling through Japan alone. There are 3 things I would have done differently.
It was difficult to meet new people while staying in Japanese capsule hotels. Hostels were more social.
Japan’s elderly are lonely and struggling. Some women choose to go to jail instead
The rooms are filled with elderly residents, their hands wrinkled and backs bent. They shuffle slowly down the corridors, ...
'Host' convicted of profiting from woman coerced into prostitution in Japan 1st
The Tokyo District Court has issued a guilty verdict in Japan's first-ever case to be built concerning "scout back" payments, ...
Fuji Media, rocked by sexual misconduct allegations, says executives to resign
Japan's Fuji Media said on Monday its chairman and the head of its TV unit would step down immediately amidst a probe into ...
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Japan’s elderly are lonely and struggling. Some women choose to go to jail instead
But this isn’t a nursing home – it’s Japan’s largest women ... an officer at Tochigi Women’s Prison located north of Tokyo, during an extremely rare visit granted to CNN in September.