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 ...
'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, where hosts coe･･･ ...
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, ...
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.
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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Tokyo flooded with applications for egg-freezing subsidy program
About 1,650 women in Tokyo, five times more than anticipated ... Fifty-seven briefing sessions have already been held since October. The Japan Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology generally ...
AP Photos: Japanese bathe in icy water at a Tokyo shrine to purify their souls
Dozens of people soaked and splashed themselves in painfully icy cold water in a pool at a Tokyo shrine, adhering to Japanese ...