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

Gender inequality is accelerating young Japanese women's flight from rural areas to the cities, further depressing the country's already low birthrate.

Amna Khatoon from Muzaffarpur, Bihar, makes bangles for a wholesaler during the lean agricultural season. If she could procure the raw materials on her own, she could open a small shop, turn in a ...

Japan's parliament elected ultraconservative Sanae Takaichi as the country’s first female prime minister Tuesday, a day after her struggling party struck a coalition deal with a new partner expected ...