The 64-year-old Sanae Takaichi is ultra-conservative, with her views and positions chiming more with men than women.

Following the surprise resignation of Japan's former Prime Minister, the country entered a period of intense political ...

A nation respectful of centuries-old traditions, Japan is also the well-spring of the world’s future. The high-speed train, the Walkman and humanoid robots are just a few Japanese inventions that have ...

Christianity arrived in Japan in 1549 through Jesuit missionaries and challenged the dominant Confucian view on the hierarchical position of women in society. The Confucian instructional book Onna ...

In recognition and to celebrate the “Meiji Modern: Fifty Years of New Japan” exhibition at the Asia Society Museum in New York, we will discuss the significance of education, in particular women’s ...

Mitsuko Tottori admits Japan has much more to do to get people like her into the chief executive seat. Tottori was named as the first female president and chief executive of Japan Airlines (JAL) in ...

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, ...

Blog posts represent the views of CFR fellows and staff and not those of CFR, which takes no institutional positions. For over seventy years, Japan and the United States have been close security ...

The Cartier Women’s Initiative will host its annual “Impact Awards” ceremony at the 2025 World Expo in Osaka, Japan, where it will honor nine women described as “impact entrepreneurs,” who are working ...

Despite a substantial Nepalese community in Japan many Nepalese women face significant challenges in accessing essential sexual and reproductive health services (SRHSs) due to language barriers and ...