A US crackdown on diversity may give them a chance to shine.The spotlight is falling on Japan’s companies as President Donald ...

WASHINGTON--Japan has the widest gender gap among developed ... dropping significantly from 77.1 percent last year. Previously, gender equality within the legal system was evaluated in eight ...

WASHINGTON--Japan ranked the lowest among developed countries regrading gender equality under the law, the World Bank said in a report released on March 2. The country ranked 104th overall of the ...

Japanese firms have long lagged behind their Western peers on gender equality. A U.S. crackdown on diversity may give them a chance to shine. The spotlight is falling on Japan’s companies as U.S ...

South Korea, Japan, and China share similar issues with entrenched gender norms regarding childcare and employment, which are being reflected in their plunging birthrates. A young Afghan woman who ...

A survey on gender equality in countries around the world shows that Japan rose to 118th out of 146 countries. That's up seven spots from last year, but the latest result shows that women's ...

Japan’s decision to end its contribution to the U.N.’s top gender equality body could hardly come at a worse time, both diplomatically and symbolically. Japan’s decision to exclude CEDAW ...

The government has found that the percentage of female executives in Japan's listed companies rose from 1.2% in 2006 to 3.7% in 2017. According to the Gender Equality Bureau, 43.8% of workers in ...

In the 1970s, when the women’s liberation movement started to take root in Japan, a group of female ... the significance of their movement for gender equality in today’s context.

Next week’s discussion is on the controversy surrounding British celebrity chef Jamie Oliver‘s children’s book. Have some thoughts on this issue? Send us your response (no more than 300 ...

Countess Setsuko Klossowska de Rola was born in Tokyo in 1942 in the Ideta family, an ancient Samurai family, originally from Kyoto. In 1967, she married French painter Balthus Klossowski de Rola ...