Japanese women are missing out on around ¥111 trillion ($761 billion) in pay for a range of household tasks they do for free, an amount that’s roughly equivalent to a fifth of the country’s economy.

Tokyo — Japan's ubiquitous ramen shops have long served that most-proletarian of dishes at no-frills counters, where customers unceremoniously slurp and gulp their way through boiling-hot bowls of ...

With a history spanning more than 1,200 years, “hadaka matsuri,” or the naked festival, is Japanese masculinity on full display. Quite literally. Across Japan, in freezing winter, thousands of men ...

After graduating from college, Obora Shizue, now in her 40s, was building a solid career at an insurance firm. But after giving birth to her first child she became a full-time mother. “I wanted to ...

The Cartier Women’s Initiative will host its annual “Impact Awards” ceremony at the 2025 World Expo in Osaka, Japan, where it will honor nine women described as “impact entrepreneurs,” who are working ...

Japan’s improved labor force participation for women is a reminder not to assume that job market limits are clear and finite. By Jeanna Smialek Japan’s economy has rocketed into the headlines this ...

Mitsuko Tottori admits Japan has much more to do to get people like her into the chief executive seat. Tottori was named as the first female president and chief executive of Japan Airlines (JAL) in ...

Sanae Takaichi is poised to break Japan’s political glass ceiling. But some worry she will maintain policies that have held women back. By Javier C. Hernández and River Akira Davis Reporting from ...

TOKYO — As Japan’s first female prime minister, Sanae Takaichi has broken new ground in a country that struggles with gender equality. But she has quickly run up against a tradition that may be ...

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 ...

One of Japan’s most exciting and culturally unique sports is making its long-awaited leap to the United States. Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling (TJPW) — the country’s premier women’s wrestling promotion ...

Host clubs, where young male staff "pamper and flatter" female guests, are "booming" in Japan. Some 21,000 male hosts work at 900 of these lucrative establishments but opaque prices for drinks and a ...