The Tokyo 2020 Olympics are showing us more than ever the feats that can be achieved by young girls who dare to dream.
Hokusai painted not only courtesans, but also ordinary townspeople. His work were generally luxurious artworks for an elite audience, said to include the art-loving shogun of...
A woman was promoted to the 4th highest Tokyo police job for the first time ever, bringing a woman’s perspective and sensitivity and broad street-level experience...
Japanese Olympic Committee chief Yoshiro Mori apologizes for saying women talk a lot. The Japanese public may not be so forgiving.
Keiko from Taylor Hawkins on Vimeo. There used to be almost 400 dyers of beautiful Japanese kimono fabrics in the Tokyo Hand Dyed Yuzen Guild (Tokyo...
I first met Shinzo Abe when Japan’s bubble economy was at its zenith. Not yet a politician himself, he was deputizing for his father as...
On July 5, Yuriko Koike, the first female governor of Tokyo, won re-election by a wide margin. As widely reported, she received 3,661,371 votes, compared...
International Women’s Day (IWD) recognizes the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women. Annually celebrated on March 8, the day also marks a...
What were the words and topics that Japanese couldn’t get enough of in 2019? What were the buzzwords on everyone’s lips? For this...
Hinako Shibuno created a stir at the last major tournament of the season on Sunday, August 4, winning a trophy, a large prize money, and the...
Women’s empowerment had been a key element on the G20 agenda in the last few years, and the 2019 summit in Osaka was no exception....
Sumo is a sport that has a long tradition in Japan, which spreads far and wide in the country. Even the tiny city of Fukushima,...
