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A Japanese municipality was forced to withdraw tips urging women to wear shoes that make them appear "delicate" or choose makeup that looks "demure" in order to secure a partner, after facing ...

With five champions and a combined two major wins on the LPGA Tour this season, Japanese golfers are beginning to display the ...

Japan has one of the oldest populations globally, with its working-age population shrinking since the late 1990s. Despite that, Japan achieved impressive per capita gross domestic product growth, ...

Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s meeting Tuesday morning in Tokyo with U.S. President Donald Trump will be a major ...

After graduating from college, Obora Shizue, now in her 40s, was building a solid career at an insurance firm. But after giving birth to her first child she became a full-time mother. “I wanted to ...

Japan ranks low in gender equality among developed nations. The first woman to lead the country is an ultraconservative who ...