
National / History | JAPAN TIMES GONE BY May 1, 2022
A meeting of female political speakers meets with heckling from men 100 years ago, while Japan marks the arrival of a new Constitution, welcomes back Okinawa.
A meeting of female political speakers meets with heckling from men 100 years ago, while Japan marks the arrival of a new Constitution, welcomes back Okinawa.
Top China COVID fighter is woman who hit party’s glass ceiling
Sun Chunlan is the only female vice premier in China’s entrenched patriarchy, the sole woman on its powerful 25-member Politburo and the top official overseeing pandemic control.
Japan to offer free cervical cancer vaccines to women who missed jabs
The free vaccines against the human papillomavirus, which causes cervical cancer, will be provided to women born between April 1997 and March 2006.
Of course stereotypes are holding women back
Workplace discrimination has been a feature of virtually all of world history, so nobody should be shocked by evidence that it continues today.
Approval sought for first abortion pill in Japan, report says
About 140,000 abortions were carried out in Japan in 2020, according to the report, all via surgical procedures.
Japanese CEOs boldly going where no women have gone before
In the male-dominated space and satellite industries, female leaders of startups are making waves.
Japan urged to better protect foreign domestic abuse victims
Wishma's case shows how residency status can affect appropriate protection for foreign nationals who are victims of domestic abuse.
Forty years of empowering women in Japan
In the 40 years since its inception, FEW Japan has gone from serving a specific subset of non-Japanese women in the country to broadening its scope to help all women living here.
Joyce Lebra: Trailblazing scholar and witness to Japanese history
The world of academia lost a true pioneer when Joyce Lebra passed away last month. She received the Order of the Rising Sun award in a ceremony a month earlier.
The number of women whose suicides were related to work rose 34.8% in 2020 on the previous year, with cases involving changes in the work environment soaring 98.3%.
Political parties vow increased child aid, but need goes beyond money
As the pandemic continues to bring hardship to families, the upcoming general election is seeing issues of welfare and support pushed to the fore.
Panel proposes safeguarding personal information of sex crime victims in Japan
According to the amendment outline, abridged copies of documents of indictment with no information about the names or home addresses of sex crime victims would be sent to the accused.