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

TOKYO -- Japan's new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi caused a stir when she remarked that she would "throw away the phrase work ...

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 ...

Though her election is a milestone in a country that struggles with gender equality, critics say hard-line conservative Sanae ...

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 ...

Japan has one of the oldest populations globally, with its working-age population shrinking since the late 1990s. Despite that, Japan achieved impressive per capita gross domestic product growth, ...

For centuries, sumo's deep links with the Shinto religion barred women from entering the ring, let alone allowing them to participate. While women remain excluded from professional sumo, more than 600 ...

I will work, work, work and work," she said in comments that ... minister and said her election created hope and expectation ...