Japan's finance sector is shaking up workplace gender equality, as top firms are axing clerical roles mainly held by women, ...

Japanese firms have long lagged behind their Western peers on gender equality, but the U.S. crackdown on diversity may give ...

Investors like Boston Common, a U.S.-based ESG-focused investment firm, are taking note. Japanese firms including Mitsubishi ...

Japan placed 118th among 146 countries in terms of gender equality in 2024, an improvement from the previous year’s rank of 125th but still the lowest among Group of Seven nations. The World ...

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 ...

The wide range of international environmental data that the OECD offers, though often Eurocentric, is still extensive in ...

The decision clears legal ambiguity and confirms that single-sex services for women such as refuges, hospital wards and ...

TOKYO -- Pressure is building on the Japanese government to extend marriage rights to LGBTQ couples after the Osaka High Court said Tuesday that failure to do so was unconstitutional, the fifth such ...

The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) announced on Easter Sunday the appointment of Captain Noemie Guirao-Cayabyab as its ...