Last October, Japan shattered its ultimate glass ceiling. Nearly a year into Sanae Takaichi’s tenure as the country’s first female prime minister, though, the global standing of Japanese women remains ...

We tend to look back at MMA's early days as a volatile, unpredictable and borderline unhinged collection of bizarro pugilism loosely defining the "era." Japan's all-women fight promotion Smackgirl, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Kim Elsesser covers issues that impact women in the workplace. Sanae Takaichi made history today when she became Japan’s first ...

Takeuchi’s meditation on dissident women is at the center of I’m So Happy You Are Here: Japanese Women Photographers from the 1950s to Now, which references these three historical examples, though is ...

Japanese people have a way of turning everyday life into a philosophy. From Ikigai and Kaizen to Hara Hachi Bu (you have probably heard of at least one of these), Japanese concepts around purpose, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Yakult Ladies are improving eldery lives. Imagine you're an older woman sitting alone in a small apartment in Tokyo. Your children ...

Japan's January withdrawal of funding from the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women highlights its aversion to addressing gender equality issues at home. Despite externally ...

“The saddest thing in life,” runs an old Japanese proverb, “is to be born a woman.” In the feudal days before MacArthur, it contained more than a grain of truth; Japanese women then were the merest ...

Social media platforms have transformed our interaction with historical and political issues, making previously obscure subjects broadly available. But there is a price for this democratization of ...

May 21 (Asia Today) --A growing number of Japanese women are choosing Korean men as marriage partners, drawing attention from local media as the Korean Wave expands beyond dramas and K-pop into dating ...