Gender
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Japan has just 13 female CEOs among top 1,600 companies, survey shows
Fewer than 1% of chief executive officers at the 1,643 firms listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange are women, sur…
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Japan’s LGBTQ+ photo weddings – in pictures
Unable to marry legally in Japan, LGBTQ+ couples are celebrating their bond in traditional kimonos, suits and …
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‘Ruining my career’: calls grow for Japan to change law on married surnames
Japan is the only country in the world that requires spouses to use the same name, but after decades of inacti…
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Japan court lets transgender man change official status without sterilisation in legal first
Ruling comes months after supreme court ruled that requiring sterilisation before a change of gender in offici…
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Japan’s former PM, 83-year-old Aso, piles insults on female foreign minister
Taro Aso, vice-president of ruling LDP, said Yoko Kamikawa ‘not that good looking’, got her name wrong, used a…
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The female sumo wrestlers fighting for recognition – a photo essay
Sumo – a historical Japanese martial art and a longtime favourite sport of the nation – is open solely to male…
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Chizuko Ueno: the Japanese writer stoking China’s feminist underground
Ueno’s books are hugely popular in China, where a crackdown on large-scale organising has stifled a nascent fe…
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‘I decided I could do better than them’: the women taking on Japan’s male-dominated politics
Female candidates in the local elections across the country this weekend face one of the world’s toughest glas…
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Japanese trans woman denied status as parent of own child – reports
Tokyo high court rules that child born after woman’s legal gender change should not be recognised as her daugh…
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Tokyo ward’s first female mayor vows to take on Japan’s male dominated politics
After narrow victory, Satoko Kishimoto talks of ‘potential to bring about radical change’The first female mayo…
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From ‘get married’ to getting elected – women a record one-third of candidates in Japan poll
Notoriously sexist, Japanese politics is being shaken up as parties increase female representation at upper ho…
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The Guardian view on women and the Olympics: the athletes caught up – now the IOC must
Female competitors come very close to equality at the games. But Tokyo still highlights ongoing sexism and dis…
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Japan women’s minister opposes plan to allow keeping of birth names
Tamayo Marukawa among 50 conservative MPs to urge local body not to support policy changeJapan’s minister for …
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Japan’s ruling party invites women to meetings – but won’t let them speak
LDP’s attempt to demonstrate gender equality after Olympic sexism row backfiresIt was a move designed to show …
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Japanese lose taste for Valentine’s ‘obligation chocs’ under Covid
Growing numbers of women ditch giri choco custom of ‘forced giving’ of gifts to senior male colleaguesShifting…
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Japan is a ‘democracy without women’, says ruling party MP
Tomomi Inada makes comment after new prime minister appoints just two women on 21-strong cabinetA prominent me…
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Japan prefecture to stop hiring female ‘tea squad’ for meetings
Saitama assembly hopes move will reflect changing attitudes towards women in workplacesA local government asse…
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Culture shock: can trailblazing Japanese minister change minds on paternity leave?
Shinjiro Koizumi’s move raises hopes that more new fathers will be emboldened to stay home with their babiesSh…
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Japanese women demand right to wear glasses at work
Public outcry after TV show exposes businesses imposing ban on female staffJapanese women on social media are …