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Women's university in Tokyo to accept transgender students from 2020
A national women's university in Tokyo will start accepting students in April 2020 who were assigned male at birth but identify as female. The education ministry said it believes Ochanomizu University will become Japan's first women's university to accept transgender students. Ochanomizu, founded in 1875, ...
Government white paper highlights health care issues faced by female athletes
In an annual gender equality report released Friday, the government noted health problems — such as amenorrhea and osteoporosis — that are frequently faced by female athletes. The white paper said 16.7 percent of the surveyed female collegiate athletes who play gymnastics, rhythmic gymnastics, figure ...
Finance Ministry 'sisters' needed
Japan's male-centric workplace culture is a breeding ground for scandals.
In a life-threatening moment, Maizuru Mayor Ryozo Tatami suddenly collapsed while delivering a speech during a sumo exhibition in Kyoto. He was having a stroke. Several men rushed to the dohyō (ring) to help, but they appeared at a loss over what to do. Seconds later, ...
The Japan Sumo Association will hold an extraordinary meeting of its board of directors on Saturday to discuss its long-standing policy of excluding women from the sumo ring, the governing body said Monday. The meeting comes after the association faced heavy criticism following an incident ...
The Bank of Japan looks to empower women with new ETF index pick
In Japan’s latest attempt to change corporate behavior, the Bank of Japan decides to put money into an index of firms selected for the way they treat women.
The past five years of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's much-touted "womenomics" measures, aimed at advancing female economic empowerment, have shown clear-cut progress, with about 70 percent of Japanese women and girls aged between 15 to 64 now being employed or seeking jobs. Efforts to further ...
Toyota's only female executive says her mission has always been to 'speak her mind'
Chika Kako is a rarity in Toyota Motor Corp.'s upper echelons. Last month, the 50-year-old was promoted to the No. 2 job at the luxury Lexus division, becoming the only woman among the automaker's top 53 managers. President Akio Toyoda has made diversifying his executive ...
Oscar winner Eddie Redmayne calls for more Hollywood change on gender equality
Oscar-winning actor Eddie Redmayne said on Sunday that Hollywood's campaign for gender equality had been "a long time coming" and that a "huge amount of change" was still needed. Speaking on the red carpet at the world premiere of his new animated film "Early Man," ...
Images of Swedish stay-at-home dads spark conversations on masculinity
A photo exhibition depicting Swedish stay-at-home dads who took parental leave for more than six months convincingly poses questions on societal perceptions of masculinity and gender equality. Johan Bavman, 35, whose “Swedish Dads” collection of photos has been exhibited in 25 countries since the two-year ...
Sexism sucks, but blame capitalism more
Most tragic cases of human underachievement are the direct result of economic discrimination.
