Women aren’t permitted to enter the sumo ring. Sanae Takaichi, Japan’s first female leader, did not present the Prime ...

The country’s top leaders often present trophies to champions of the national sport. But like other women, Prime Minister ...

TOKYO — Sanae Takaichi made history by becoming Japan's first female prime minister in October. She must now decide whether ...

One month after Sanae Takaichi became Japan's first female prime minister, young women share mixed views: from hope and ...

In Japan, more people are trying to avoid drinking too much alcohol because it can cause health problems. Experts say women ...

TOKYO (AP) — Sumo is more than a sport in Japan. It’s a sacred tradition, a 1,500-year-old spectacle steeped in Shinto ritual and ceremony. But at its heart lies a long-standing taboo: women are still ...

TOKYO (AP) — In a country that ranks poorly internationally for gender equality, the new president of Japan's long-governing Liberal Democrats, and likely next prime minister, is an ultra-conservative ...

Japan plans to start administering vaccines against respiratory syncytial virus to pregnant women in April to prevent ...

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 ...

The creative talks about what it means to be a woman working in Japan's music industry today & the hopes she carries for the ...

Under the directives of H.H. Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak, the Mother of the Nation, Chairwoman of the General Women's Union (GWU), President of the Supreme Council for Motherhood and Childhood (SCMC), ...

The ninth-ranked Canadian women will be without coach Casey Stoney when they close out their 2025 schedule against No. 8 ...