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

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

Beneath the chants of Exorcism in Japan, something stirs. The dead still listen, and the living still try to talk them down.

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

Following Japan, Trump will visit South Korea to attend the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) CEO Summit in Gyeongju.

Japanese colonialism is infamous for its brutalization of women, abducted and forced into sex slavery. Less known is women’s role in fighting against the Japanese Empire, brilliantly brought to life ...

Family size around the world is dropping. That choice by couples is triggering a population shift that's sending shock waves through economies.

An 82-year-old woman had a terrifying encounter with a wild bear during her morning walk in the northern city of Daisen, Japan, on Wednesday. According to Japan’s national broadcaster, the woman was ...

Tokyo — Japan's parliament elected ultraconservative Sanae Takaichi as the country’s first female prime minister Tuesday, a ...

Lecturer in the Entrepreneurship Development Unit and co-ordinator of the Student Women Economic Empowerment Programme (SWEEP), Faculty of Management Sciences, Central University of Technology It is ...