More than 50 percent of women in Tokyo have fallen victim to “chikan” groping while riding on or waiting for trains, usually without any consequences for the perpetrator, a survey shows.

Renho told reporters last month that she often saw headlines about the Tokyo governor’s race that trumpeted “A battle of dragon women.” “Would you use that kind of expression to describe a ...

an officer at Tochigi Women’s Prison located north of Tokyo, during an extremely rare visit granted to CNN in September. Within the prison’s light pink walls and strangely serene halls ...

Japan's Coming of Age Day is a sure sign of winter, arriving after New Year celebrations and before the cherry blossom ...

If a team of women ned the rice Breweries notice that the team work was ... nestled in the foothills of the Japanese Alps. Koten is located in a mixed residential/ commercial district a few blocks ...

An arrested former chancellor of Tokyo Women's Medical University was served a fresh arrest warrant Monday on suspicion of ...

Japan is to freeze voluntary funding for a United Nations’ women’s rights panel over its recommendation that Japan’s ...

The complicated history of Japan's colonial rule over Korea and the larger backdrop of World War II are the foundations of the comfort women controversy. The Japanese military is accused of ...