BACKGROUND One-person households are the most common type of household in Japan, but relatively little is known about the causes and potential consequences of the rise in solo living in young ...

One consistent issue that women (of various ages, ethnicities and religious beliefs) have experienced is feeling like they aren't allowed to be themselves when living in Japan. Rather, they feel that ...

What to read (and watch) to understand women in Japan Six books (and one film) on life in one of the rich world’s most sexist countries ...

Shigeko Kagawa, a 114-year-old retired doctor from Japan, is now the country's oldest person. Born in 1911, she witnessed ...

The feminization of poverty is a growing issue in Japan, and job losses triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic are pushing more and more women over the edge. But the full extent of the problem ...

A plus-sized woman shared the challenges of living in Japan since the country is not as accommodating as the United States. However, there are several societal factors in Japan that may explain why.

The Japanese woman who is considered by the Guinness World Records to be the oldest person in the world has just reached another milestone in Japan, where she set a record as the country's longest ...

Couples in Japan are “graduating from marriage” to fulfill their individual dreams in retirement.

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 ...