Women
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Female MPs in Japan seek to flush out sexism with call for more toilets
PM Sanae Takaichi joins petition asking for better facilities for women to match improved representationNearly…
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Sanae Takaichi appoints just two women to cabinet after becoming Japan’s first female PM
New leader had promised levels of female representation comparable to those in Iceland, where six of cabinet o…
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Sweet romance: Japanese boys start buying into gift giving on Valentine’s Day
Women are traditionally expected to buy chocolates for male colleagues on Valentine’s Day but teenage boys are…
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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 schools move to protect cheerleaders from upskirting at sporting events
Several schools have brought in shorts for cheerleaders at baseball tournament while another positioned teache…
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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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‘Host clubs’ in Tokyo force women into sex work to pay off huge debts
A ‘vicious’ multibillion-yen system is pushing vulnerable young women who rack up extortionate bills into pros…
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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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Japan approves trial sales of over-the-counter emergency contraceptives
The move is a major policy shift in country’s male-dominated parliament and brings Japan into line with more t…
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Japan raises age of consent from 13 to 16 in reform of sex crimes law
Changes include the criminalisation of voyeurism and follow a string of acquittals in rape cases that triggere…
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Japan approves abortion pill for the first time
Health ministry gives green light for two-step treatment to end pregnancies up to nine weeksThe abortion pill …
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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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Japan to approve abortion pill – but partner’s consent will be required
Delay in approving pill, and the possible $780 cost, reflect priorities of male-dominated parliament, say crit…
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Japan to reform 19th century law that puts ex-husband on child’s birth certificate
Automatic addition of ex-husband as father on document within 300 days of divorce to be scrapped Japan is set …
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‘It is bullying, pure and simple’: being a woman in Japanese politics
Harassment is common for women who run for office and female MPs comprise just 9.9% of lower houseMari Yasuda …
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Japan urged to abolish third-party consent from abortion law
Restrictions amount to ‘sexual assault’ on women by Japanese state, say rights campaignersWomen’s health campa…
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Female MP awarded Japan’s most sexist comment after casting doubt on sexual assaults
Mio Sugita earns notoriety for accusations that women lie about sexual violence and LGBT community are ‘unprod…
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Women in Japan are ‘crushed’, says councillor ousted after alleging sexual assault
Shoko Arai says she was ‘punished’ for making accusation against mayorA former assembly member in Japan who al…
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Japan town’s sole female councillor ousted after accusing mayor of sexual assault
Shoko Arai was voted out of her seat after making allegations against mayor that most residents said damaged t…
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Kenzo Takada obituary
Japanese designer at the forefront of 1970s fashion whose blend of east and west created an internationally su…