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

SILKEBORG, Denmark — Team Canada’s record has levelled out at 2-2 after a 7-5 setback to Japan’s Seina Nakajima at the 2019 LGT World Women’s Curling Championship, presented by Pioneer Hi-Bred. Team ...

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 ...

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 ...

Naoki Hyakuta, leader of Japan’s Conservative Party, has sparked a national uproar after making remarks about women’s reproductive rights in an attempt to address Japan’s declining birth rate. In a ...

SAITAMA, Japan (AP) — Kaori Sakamoto fended off a challenge from South Korea's Lee Hae-in on Friday to become the first Japanese woman to defend her title at the figure skating world championships.

Li's daughter, Ami, far right, participating in the Girls Who Fish program. Girls Who Fish is billed as an intergenerational program for women and girls ages 8 and up. (Submitted/Yinji Li) A marine ...