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WOMEN

LIFE / Language / MORNING ENGLISH
Dec 28, 2015
Let's discuss the law on surnames
Plaintiffs contesting family laws that require spouses to choose a single surname expressed shock and anger at Wednesday's Supreme Court ruling, saying it will force more women to suffer the misery of having to change their name upon marriage.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Dec 26, 2015
Ripped-off bar hostesses in Japan stand up for their rights
With an increase in nonregular employment driving more women into the night entertainment business, some are turning to labor unions to deal with clubs that try to con them.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / ANALYSIS
Dec 25, 2015
South Korea 'comfort women' dispute edges closer to settlement as Kishida agrees to talks with Seoul
Tokyo's estrangement from Seoul seems closer to resolution as Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida announces upcoming talks.
JAPAN
Dec 25, 2015
Japan drastically lowers its goal for female managers in government and private sector
The government abandons its aim of having women in 30 percent of management roles by 2020.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Dec 25, 2015
'Play woman card' at your peril, Trump tweets Clinton
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump intensified his criticism of Hillary Clinton after she said he had a "penchant for sexism," warning his Democratic rival against using the woman "card" and drawing his full attention.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Dec 24, 2015
South Korean 'superdads' on paternity leave break with tradition
It is a weekday morning and Chung Sang-hoon, 34, is at home with his two small children, classical music playing in the background.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Dec 19, 2015
Gangs, girl power and getting old: Japan's magazines ring out 2015
A roundup of the final weekly magazines of 2015 finds many preoccupied with the split within the Yamaguchi-gumi yakuza group.
WORLD
Dec 17, 2015
1 in 8 babies were born in conflict zones in 2015: UNICEF
The number of babies born in conflict zones increased by more than 125,000 this year to 16.6 million compared with last year, the United Nations said on Wednesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History
Dec 11, 2015
Fifty Japanese scholars attack McGraw-Hill, U.S. academics on 'comfort women' issue
The “comfort women” dispute heats up as 50 Japanese scholars chide the author of a U.S. textbook and his backers for “errors” they claim no Japanese scholar would support.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / FOREIGN AGENDA
Dec 9, 2015
Sexual harassment at bōnenkai, inept handling, a suicide
Hokkaido Shimbun case shows how far Japan still has to go to safeguard women's rights in the workplace.
EDITORIALS
Dec 9, 2015
Misguided indictment by Seoul
South Korea's indictment of a professor with nonconformist views on the 'comfort women' issue is a wrongheaded and dangerous encroachment on academic freedom.

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