TOKYO -- The Tokyo District Court ruled on Oct. 23 that a Sagawa Express Co. employee harassed a younger female colleague and ordered him to pay her 220,000 yen (around $1,440) in compensation.

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

As the Tokyo International Film Festival starts its 2025 edition, chair Ando Hiroyasu is steering the event toward a future that emphasizes Asian cinema discovery, gender equality and cross-cultural ...

The number of women's toilets installed at Japan's train stations is only about 60% the total of men's, according to sample ...

Sanae Takaichi, president of the Liberal Democratic Party, attends a talk with Hirofumi Yoshimura, a coleader of the Japan Innovation Party, for a mutual agreement to establish a coalition government ...

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 ...

Japan got its first woman prime minister on Tuesday after Sanae Takaichi, a China hawk and social conservative, forged an 11th-hour coalition deal. Japan's fifth premier in as many years will lead a ...

TOKYO, Oct 23 (Reuters) - Japan's largest labour union group said on Thursday it would seek wage hikes of 5% or more in 2026, aiming for bumper pay raises for the fourth consecutive year to counter ...

TOKYO (AP) — President Donald Trump began one of his busiest days of his Asia trip on Tuesday by warmly greeting the new Japanese prime minister, and taking her with him as he spoke to U.S. troops ...

A woman nervously walking through her home early one morning thought she was being robbed, but after checking the pet camera, she realized her hilarious mistake. The text on a September 25 TikTok ...