The 33-year-old is two away from Joscelin Yeo's record of 62 medals at the Games. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at ...

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has won the catchphrase of the year for her pledge to “work, work, work, work and work ...

Caroline Kennedy and her husband, Edwin Schlossberg, have three children: Rose, Tatiana and Jack Tatiana revealed in November 2025 that she had been diagnosed with terminal cancer, less than two weeks ...

TOKYO -- The number of women's toilets installed at Japan's train stations is only about 60% the total of men's, according to sample survey results presented at a recent meeting of the Ministry of ...

Beers are seen at an "izakaya" Japanese pub in this file photo. (Mainichi) TOKYO -- While efforts to avoid excessive drinking have recently increased in Japan due to the health risks involved, women ...

Japan's infrastructure ministry has decided to draft guidelines on the appropriate ratio of female and male toilets in public facilities by the end of this fiscal year, aiming to shorten waiting times ...

Members of a university kanto club perform in Akita Prefecture, Japan. Tradition and religion dictate that only men are allowed to be sashite or pole carriers. Anthony Kuhn is NPR's correspondent ...

TOKYO – A Japanese municipality was forced to withdraw tips urging women to wear shoes that make them appear “delicate” or choose makeup that looks “demure” in order to secure a partner, after facing ...

TOKYO — Lawmakers in Japan elected hard-line conservative Sanae Takaichi as prime minister Tuesday, making her the first woman in modern times to lead the key U.S. ally. Takaichi, 64, the new leader ...

Sanae Takaichi is poised to break Japan’s political glass ceiling. But some worry she will maintain policies that have held women back. By Javier C. Hernández and River Akira Davis Reporting from ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about economics, markets and policymaking throughout Asia. Sanae Takaichi, newly-elected leader of the Liberal Democratic ...

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