Nearly 60 women lawmakers in Japan, including the prime minister, have submitted a petition calling for more toilets in the ...

By 2050, Japan’s youth will inherit a transformed country, reshaped by population decline, longer lives and unprecedented ...

Mina Watanabe has made it her life’s work to tell the stories of the women who were sexually enslaved by the Japanese military before and during World War II. By Vivian Morelli Reporting from Tokyo ...

For centuries, women entering marriage in Japan have been bound by the Confucian notion of personal sacrifice for the good of the family – and that has extended to their names. Encouraged by a sexual ...

Menopause, the natural end of menstruation marking the end of a woman's reproductive years, manifests with varying symptoms across different populations. While every woman sees menopause as the ...

A new study has found evidence linking the intake of small fish, eaten whole, with a reduced risk of all-cause and cancer mortality in Japanese women. Conducted by Dr. Chinatsu Kasahara, Associate ...

In the sixth episode of “Shōgun,” Lord Toranaga asks Mariko about her childhood. The warlord (portrayed by Hiroyuki Sanada) is curious to hear what his vassal (Anna Sawai) thinks turned her childhood ...

Japan's prisons are feeling the strain from the country's aging population.

A new study has found evidence linking the intake of whole-sized small fish with a reduced risk of all-cause and cancer mortality in Japanese women. A new study has found evidence linking the intake ...