Japan’s sacred sumo ring is off-limits to women, even its new prime minister

Women aren’t permitted to enter the sumo ring. Sanae Takaichi, Japan’s first female leader, did not present the Prime ...
WTA

Hana-cupid Japan Women's Open Tennis Championships

The Kinoshita Group Japan Open, also known as the Japan Women’s Open, is a WTA 250 event played on outdoor hard courts in Osaka, Japan. 32 singles players and 16 doubles teams compete at Utsubo Tennis ...

Key changes that ushered in the golden era of Japanese women's golf

Hisako “Chako” Higuchi won the 1977 LPGA Championship (now KPMG Women’s PGA) to become the first Japanese player to win an LPGA major. There wasn’t another until Hinako Shibuno stunned the world by ...

A woman leads Japan, yet she’s still forbidden from entering sumo’s sacred ring

Japan’s first female prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, leads the nation yet remains barred from entering sumo’s sacred ring, ...
The Nation

Japanese Women Are Fighting Back Against Pervasive Sexism

In the 2021 elections, only 9.7 percent of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s candidates were women. (Carl Court / Pool Photo via AP) The general election for Japan’s lower house last October was ...
Yahoo

Japanese women have long sacrificed their surnames in marriage − politics and demographics might change that

For centuries, women entering marriage in Japan have been bound by the Confucian notion of personal sacrifice for the good of the family – and that has extended to their names. Encouraged by a sexual ...