Economy
Fed to start tapering bond purchases this year: Bernanke
The Federal Reserve maintains its $85 billion-a-month asset purchase program, but says it could begin scaling back later this year.
Social Issues | ABE'S PROMISES Jun 18, 2013
Maternity leave, day care still elude many working mothers
by Ayako Mie
Like many full-time working mothers in Japan, Eriko Soyama, 36, had a tough time getting her children into day care to continue her career.
Science & Health Jun 18, 2013
Research suggests fathers can nurture too
Unlike the male pundits, politicians and even financiers who have recently opined freely about what they consider “natural” roles for mothers and fathers, with mom at home and dad at work, behavioral neuroscientist Kelly Lambert’s methodical approach has led her to a much more ...
Science & Health Jun 16, 2013
Menopause blamed on men's eye for younger women
Men and their preference for younger female mates may have led to the phenomenon of menopause in women, according to a controversial study by Canadian researchers that was published last week. “If women were reproducing all along, and there were no preference against older ...
Japan-related May 30, 2013
Overhaul Japan's immigration laws to boost working women
by Kumi Sato
By simply relaxing laws to let in foreign domestic workers, the Abe administration could give Japanese women who want to work a new option for child-care support.
Japan-related May 29, 2013
Abenomics stumbling over sexism
by William Pesek
No one needs a Sheryl Sandberg-esque "lean-in" movement like Japan's women. Lack of women in the nation's workforce is impeding economic growth.
National May 9, 2013
New group of female executives hopes to boost ranks in Japan Inc.
by Sayuri Daimon
Though hard to detect at a distance, there are cracks in the glass ceiling of Japan Inc. Late last month, about 60 female executives of companies and organizations gathered in Tokyo’s Roppongi Hills to launch the Japan chapter of the global group Women Corporate ...
Issues | THE FOREIGN ELEMENT Apr 30, 2013
Samurai moms and the art of brood maintenance: a mother from the West's lessons from the East
by Kris Kosaka
May in Japan is the perfect month for mothers. Wreathed in the fertile blooms of spring, bolstered by days of absolute perfection, May is also a month of muddy contradiction.
Global-related Apr 25, 2013
Rape and gender discrimination related in India
by Cesar Chelala
It is hard to equate India's rapid technological development with practices such as female feticide, the earliest manifestation of violence against women.
Commentary | COUNTERPOINT Apr 21, 2013
Saving Japan: promoting women's role in the workforce would help
by Jeff Kingston
Christine Lagarde, director of the International Monetary Fund, believes women can save Japan. Some would argue they already are, taking on as they do all sorts of responsibilities ranging from mother, wife and caregiver for elderly relatives to employee, volunteer and household finance minister. ...
National Apr 15, 2013
Suu Kyi: Japan gender equality poor
by Eric Johnston
Myanmar opposition head Aung San Suu Kyi returns to Kyoto, where she lived in the 1980s, to speak on changes in her country and to chide Japan on its gender gap.
National Apr 9, 2013
Women edge into traditional arts, games
by Asako Takaguchi
Women are increasingly finding opportunities to learn or enjoy traditional Japanese arts and games primarily pursued by men. Yamato Takahashi, a professional player of “shogi,” also known as Japanese chess, holds evening lessons for women twice a month at an office in the Shimokitazawa ...
Social Issues | Focus Apr 3, 2013
Egypt's fundamentalist rulers crush lives, hopes of women
by Tracy Mcveigh
The ambush came from the left, from a side street which led up the hill to Mokattam Mosque. A rush of hundreds of men running down on the march of antigovernment protesters, bringing a sudden clatter of rocks landing all around, the crack of ...