In the Diet on Monday (Jan 19), delivering his first policy speech of the year, Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga was...

Police in western Tokyo have launched a campaign to jog the memories of anyone who may be able to shed...

A new video is empowering people in Japan’s famously reticent society to speak up when they witness incidents of sexual...

Japan’s Crown Prince Akishino has stopped short of wholeheartedly embracing his eldest daughter’s wish to marry a commoner, amid impropriety...

In defiance of dire warnings from environmental groups, pleas for a rethink from the prefectural governor and the anger of...

When former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe outlined in 2014 his ambitious plan to make Japanese women “shine” in the workplace...

Three men have been arrested in Japan on charges of defamation for using image manipulation software to superimpose the faces...

Less than a fifth of the members of Japan’s LGBT community have opted to come out at their workplaces, according...

It has been a business year to forget for Kei Tamura, who owns a travel company in the city of...

A local politician representing a district in central Tokyo has refused to retract or apologise for claiming the ward would...