Japan’s female lawmakers are calling for more toilets inside parliament, turning a daily inconvenience into a pointed symbol ...

With two more wins on Sunday, Japan continued unbeaten at the top of the women’s rankings after four round-robin sessions. In ...

Weeks into the job, Japan’s new leader has come face-to-face with what it means to cross China’s red line on Taiwan. In the days since Sanae Takaichi suggested her country could respond militarily if ...

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

F or nigh on 1,000 years, the Japanese pirates have wreaked havoc…they respect only force, and their hearts are bursting with ...

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 ...

Yonaguni, a tiny Japanese island near Taiwan, is getting soldiers, radar and missiles. As China’s dispute with Tokyo ...

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