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Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
May 8, 2018
Finance Ministry 'sisters' needed
Japan's male-centric workplace culture is a breeding ground for scandals.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Apr 30, 2018
Banning women from the sumo ring: centuries-old tradition, straight-up sexism or something more complex?
In a life-threatening moment, Maizuru Mayor Ryozo Tatami suddenly collapsed while delivering a speech during a sumo exhibition in Kyoto.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Apr 28, 2018
LGBTQ voices: Dealing with reality
Despite the advances in awareness surrounding LGBTQ issues, sexual minorities continue to face challenges in disclosing their sexual orientation or gender identity.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 23, 2018
Even in nature, there are perils in sexual inequality
New research suggests major sex differences can be hazardous to a species's health.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society / FOCUS
Apr 22, 2018
Me Too rises in Japan as sexually harassed journalists speak out
Women journalists in Japan join the growing ranks of the Me Too movement following allegations of sexual harassment at high levels.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Apr 21, 2018
Sumo incident in Kyoto rekindles gender debate in the ring
In Japan's ancient Shinto religion, purity comes before morality. Indeed, purity is morality. Women are impure. They menstruate and bear children. The exclusion of women from certain religious and ceremonial functions went unquestioned for millennia. It no longer does — but it is not extinct either....
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 13, 2018
The Bank of Japan looks to empower women with new ETF index pick
In Japan's latest attempt to change corporate behavior, the Bank of Japan decides to put money into an index of firms selected for the way they treat women.
Japan Times
SUMO / INSIDE SUMO
Apr 11, 2018
Time for sumo to ditch ban on women in ring
Less than a month after International Women's Day, sumo found itself embroiled in a gender-discrimination controversy when a female nurse administering CPR was ordered to leave the ring by an official.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 6, 2018
Amid uproar over gender discrimination in sumo, female mayor barred from speaking from the ring
Request to give speech from inside a dohyu014d was denied Friday as the sport's rules on gender gain international spotlight.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Apr 5, 2018
Women tending to collapsed mayor told to stay out of 'sacred' sumo ring
A referee urged two women to stay out of the ring as they tried to assist an official who was unconscious, reigniting a controversy over gender discrimination in sumo tradition.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Mar 26, 2018
Japanese women find strength in Me Too
The Me Too movement has arrived in Japan at last, and more Japanese women are opening up about issues surrounding sexual harassment.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 11, 2018
Are we addressing the core labor issues?
Corporate Japan must change its 20th-century mentality toward work.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 10, 2018
Why Germany's anthem won't be gender-neutral
Austria and Canada did it. But Germany has a different set of challenges to deal with.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Mar 8, 2018
U.N. regional director praises Japan's efforts to empower women, but notes that few are reaching the top
The past five years of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's much-touted "womenomics" measures, aimed at advancing female economic empowerment, have shown clear-cut progress, with about 70 percent of Japanese women and girls aged between 15 to 64 now being employed or seeking jobs.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 7, 2018
Japan fails to shine in annual report on women's participation in politics
As the world marks International Women's Day on Thursday, an annual report shows again that Japan lags far behind other countries for women's participation in politics.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 5, 2018
Making the business case to achieve comprehensive gender equality
Gender parity is both an economic and a moral imperative.
Tokyo Metro’s overseas efforts begin in earnest with London deal
Tokyo Metro will soon have a role in the running of London's Elizabeth Line, a major train route serving the U.K.’s capital city and environs.
U.S. aircraft carrier returns to Japan carrying navy’s ‘most capable fighter’
U.S. 7th Fleet Commander Vice Adm. Fred Kacher speaks to reporters shortly after the arrival of aircraft carrier USS George Washington at Yokosuka naval base in Kanagawa Prefecture on Friday.
Man charged with murder allegedly made victim date other men for money
A car carrying suspect Ryotaro Masuda, who was indicted for allegedly beating his 25-year-old girlfriend to death, leaves the Shibuya Police Station in Tokyo on Thursday.
Russia fired experimental ballistic missile at Ukraine, Putin says
Ukrainian firefighters work on a spot following an airstrike in Dnipro on Thursday.
Ex-yokozuna Kitanofuji dies at 82
Yokozuna Kitanofuji enters the ring during the May 1970 grand sumo tournament in Tokyo.
Shohei Ohtani wins National League MVP award
Shohei Ohtani celebrates after hitting a three-run home run against the Padres during the National League Division Series at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles last month.
The slow-burn success of ‘A Samurai in Time’
A 19th-century warrior gets struck by lightning and wakes to find himself in 21st-century Kyoto in Junichi Yasuda’s surprise hit “A Samurai in Time.”
Around a quarter of Japan married couples in their 20s met through dating apps
A survey released by an organization promoting “Good Couples Day” shows that 24% of couples in their 20s met their marriage partner through a dating app.
'Tokyo Swindlers': Get deep into the minds of real estate con artists
In Ko Shinjo's "Tokyo Swindlers," a group of con artists manipulates real estate giants into falsified deals within the highly competitive, quick market.
Japan, U.K. and Italy discuss inviting more countries to joint fighter project
A new concept model of a next-generation fighter jet to be jointly developed by Japan, Britain and Italy is on display in Farnborough, Hampshire, in July.

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