Yoshiaki Yoshimi, the top scholar on Japan’s system of military sexual slavery, talks to the Hankyoreh about his new book and ...

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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 ...

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 ...

Yurina Noguchi, 32, waves her bouquet toward an image of Klaus, her AI partner, displayed on her mobile phone after their ...

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 ...

Victory in the SheBelieves Cup under new coach Nils Nielsen has Japan pointed in the right direction as thoughts turn to Brazil 2027. They have shifted to a possession-based style under new coach Nils ...

Japan's first woman premier, and fifth in as many years, leads a minority government and has a bulging in-tray, not least the scheduled arrival of the US leader next week. But in her first remarks in ...

Families in the U.S. and around the world are having fewer children as people make profoundly different decisions about their lives. NPR's series Population Shift: How Smaller Families Are Changing ...