Sanae Takaichi has pledged to make the country ‘strong and prosperous’ again; success hinges on breaking barriers for women ...

Akita Prefecture has Japan's most aged population, lowest birthrate and fastest declining population. Rigid gender roles are ...

Janice Silva discusses her insatiable hunger to get better and better, team-mates Ana Catarina and Fifo, and Portugal’s FIFA Futsal Women’s World Cup hopes.

The Tokyo District Court decided on Oct. 23 that a man working at Sagawa Express Co. must pay 220,000 yen (about $1,440) to a ...

U.S. President Donald Trump arrived on Monday in Japan, where he’ll meet new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi for the first time ...

U.S. President Donald Trump has arrived in Japan, where he’ll meet new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi for the first time. The ...

Japanese inflation accelerated last month, official data showed Friday, ahead of a maiden policy speech by new Prime Minister ...

Fuku Amagawa is 102 years old and still works at her family's ramen restaurant, Ginkatei, in Fujioka, Gunma Prefecture. She ...

Former Olympic gymnast MyKayla Skinner transformed controversy into advocacy, joining XX-XY Athletics to protect women's ...

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

TOKYO — Lawmakers in Japan elected hard-line conservative Sanae Takaichi as prime minister Tuesday, making her the first woman in modern times to lead the key U.S. ally. Takaichi, 64, the new leader ...

Japan's parliament elected ultraconservative politician Sanae Takaichi as the country's first female prime minister, just ...