Relations between Tokyo and Beijing have dramatically soured, with nationalist rhetoric in China and an apparent threat of beheading from one of its diplomats.

China has suspended imports of Japanese seafood over the new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi ’s comment that Japan would defend Taiwan if China invades the island. The decision will be another blow to the nearly 700 Japanese exporters who applied to reenter the Chinese market after Beijing lifted a 2023 ban.

Japan’s first woman prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, now faces a symbolic test: whether to enter the male-only sumo ring to present the Prime Minister’s Cup. The long-standing ban on women entering the dohyo has drawn criticism,

Red-hot shuttlers Pearly Tan-M. Thinaah have set their sights on an even bigger prize - toppling China's formidable top two women's doubles pairs.

Japan ranks low in gender equality among developed nations. The first woman to lead the country is an ultraconservative who cites Margaret Thatcher as a role model. She also loves heavy metal.

On Jan. 27, Japan's Foreign Ministry said it informed the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights not to allocate any of Japan's voluntary funds to the U.N. Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (the CEDAW ...