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.

After Sanae Takaichi took office as Japan’s first woman prime minister, AFP spoke to some of her younger counterparts who ...

The governor of a northern region of Japan says authorities were getting "desperate" due to a lack of manpower amid daily ...

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 ...