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WOMEN'S ISSUES

Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 30, 2023
Japan to lag again on diversity if women shut out of BOJ race
Not a single woman’s name is doing the rounds as a potential replacement for Haruhiko Kuroda as central bank governor in the world’s third-largest economy.
Japan Times
EDITORIALS
Jan 27, 2023
Japan’s future depends on empowering women. The record isn’t encouraging
Japan's shrinking population is in part due to women who are marginalized in the workforce and unhappy with their life choices.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 24, 2023
Ardern’s ‘politics of kindness’ was both effective and exhausting
New Zealand’s charismatic leader, Jacinda Ardern, stepped down, citing fatigue and other factors. Burnout is typical for women politicians who are often plagued by double standards.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 23, 2023
Despite crackdown, Iran protesters still challenging regime
Although street activity has dwindled in the face of a brutal crackdown, protesters are still challenging the Islamic regime four months into their movement, observers say.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Jan 23, 2023
U.S. abortion rights 'war' rages on 50 years after now-defunct ruling
The fight for abortion rights 'isn't over,' U.S. President Joe Biden said Sunday, the anniversary of the Supreme Court's landmark Roe v. Wade ruling that was reversed last June.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Jan 18, 2023
Iceland's Sara Bjork Gunnarsdottir wins maternity pay claim against Lyon
FIFPRO described the ruling in a statement as the first of its kind since FIFA's maternity regulations came into force in January 2021.
Japan Times
LIFE
Jan 14, 2023
In Cairo's male-dominated electro scene, women DJs spin up more than deep beats
It's a party on the banks of the Nile, and more and more often, it's a woman on stage who's mixing the night's music.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Jan 10, 2023
NWSL bans four coaches and fines teams after misconduct inquiry
An independent investigator brought in by U.S. Soccer found last year that abuse and misconduct 'had become systemic' in the NWSL.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Jan 9, 2023
Italy's resurgent right takes on a woman's right to choose
Abortion repeatedly made headlines in September's elections, a process that elevated Giorgia Meloni to lead Italy's most right-wing government since World War II.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Jan 4, 2023
Iranian chess player warned not to return after competing without hijab
Sara Khadem took part in last week's FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships in Almaty without the hijab, a headscarf that is mandatory under Iran's strict dress codes.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Dec 29, 2022
Chinese women found their voice in 2022, but is anyone listening?
Strains between China's estimated 690 million women and the Communist Party's male-dominated leadership rippled through the year's political debates.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Dec 29, 2022
Iranian chess player competes without hijab for second straight day during tournament
Her action is seen by some as a show of support for the protests that have gripped Iran since the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini on Sept. 16.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Women at Work
Dec 27, 2022
Battling the odds to rise to the top: One woman's career in the IT sector
Yuki Shingu found taking a career break to help nurse her ailing father gave her a broader perspective on her rise through company ranks.
In a first, Japan issues cease-and-desist order against Google
The Google logo is seen at the company's Bay View campus in Mountain View, California. Japanese authorities on Tuesday issued a cease-and-desist order to Google over an alleged violation of the country's anti-monopoly law.
Tokyo hotel operators face possible warnings over suspected price cartel
Foreign tourists gather on a platform at Kyoto Station on Wednesday.
Japan and the U.S. begin tariff talks on good terms, but without breakthroughs
Ryosei Akazawa, Japan's chief tariff negotiator, speaks to reporters in Washington on Wednesday.
Magnitude 5.0 earthquake jolts Nagano
A map showing the location of an earthquake that hit Nagano Prefecture on Friday evening, with the numbers indicating the seismic intensity on the shindo scale to 7.
Parts of Yamanote and Keihin-Tohoku lines to be suspended over weekend
Sections of the outer loop of Tokyo's Yamanote Line and the Keihin-Tohoku Line will be shut down all day Saturday, and from the start of service through around noon on Sunday.
Nothing sells like Shohei Ohtani, MLB’s marketing megastar
People walk past an advertisement featuring Los Angeles Dodgers two-way star Shohei Ohtani outside Tokyo Dome on March 18.
Tokyo stock picker advises Trump-proofing portfolios with Godzilla-creator Toho
The head of Godzilla, a Japanese monster movie character, is seen on a building of Toho Cinema in Tokyo. Toho is one tariff-defensive stock being recommended by brokers.
LDP and CDP lawmaker groups propose 0% consumption tax on food
A vegetable stand displays prices at a supermarket in Tokyo in 2023. Some lawmakers are proposing lowering the consumption tax on food to 0%, which is expected to result in a loss of up to ¥5 trillion in tax revenue annually.
Tokyo hotel operators face possible warnings over suspected price cartel
Foreign tourists gather on a platform at Kyoto Station on Wednesday.
Kyotographie 2025 opts for laughter and levity in the face of global strife
Palestinian American photographer Adam Rouhana’s exhibition at this year’s Kyotographie festival shows Palestinian life, not death and rubble.

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