Japan is planning to launch a new initiative to support single women moving from Tokyo to rural areas to get married, a move aimed at addressing the shrinking female population in the countryside.

The number of single mothers in Japan is on the rise, and half of all fatherless families fall below the poverty line. Akaishi Chieko shines a light on a segment of Japanese society in which the ...

The percentage of women who work in Japan is higher than ever, yet cultural norms have not caught up. More and more, women are rejecting the double standard.

A draft law that may be introduced in the Japanese parliament this month would prohibit doctors from providing fertility treatment to any woman who is not married to a man. If passed, the law ...

Many older single women in Japan are struggling to make ends meet in their low-paid, nonregular jobs and are trapped in casual employment in a country with a persistently wide gender gap.

A survey on the state of single women's lives in Japan has shown that many of them are struggling to live "wholesome and cultured" lives as guaranteed by the Constitution.

Going solo: The Japanese women rejecting marriage for the freedom of living single More Japanese women are in work and unmarried than ever before, rejecting long-held double standards about ...