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WOMEN

Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Feb 7, 2019
Unicode's new emoji aims to help break bloody taboo surrounding periods
Women and girls will be able to use an emoji to chat about their periods from next month, which will help to end the shame around menstruation, a child rights group said on Wednesday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Feb 6, 2019
At Trump's State of the Union, women in white make a statement
He didn't count on the women in white.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 6, 2019
Rohingya refugee women take on new roles as workers and learners amid 'forced societal change'
On a blue mat in their mud-and-bamboo home in the middle of the world's largest refugee settlement, Mohammad Selim is pacing his 9-year-old daughter Nasima Akter on her taekwondo drill.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / FOCUS
Feb 3, 2019
There's a radical plan to make South Korea's legislature 50% female
Some South Korean women are so frustrated by the country's stubborn gender pay gap that they are seeking a radical shift: equal political representation.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Feb 1, 2019
Addressing Japan's demographic problems
Japan should explore every conceivable policy measure to create a society that has the most favorable conditions in the world for giving birth and raising children.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Feb 1, 2019
At Davos, a continued push for gender equality in global leadership positions
When world political and business leaders gather these days, trade, globalization and Brexit dominate the discussions, and the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum held last week was no exception.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jan 30, 2019
Fathers remain missing in the educational puzzle
Japan continues to expect mothers to be the primary caregiver and educator within the family.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society / Regional voices: Chubu
Jan 28, 2019
Clinic founder aims to show Japan's hospitals how to become better workplaces for women
Many female doctors at large hospitals operating around the clock have no choice but to put their careers on hold when they become pregnant or give birth, and eventually end up quitting without being able to gain further experience.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / JUST BE CAUSE
Jan 27, 2019
From new visas to a tourism backlash, the Top 10 issues that affected us in 2018 may forecast our future treatment
Every January, Just Be Cause takes a look at how things went for the non-Japanese residents of Japan (NJ) in the previous year.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jan 26, 2019
Amid tensions with Japan, South Korea to boost world awareness on wartime sex abuses
South Korea is committed to advancing relations with Japan but its foreign minister says Seoul will step up efforts to share with the world its experience of Japanese wartime atrocities, including sexual violence against its women.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Jan 25, 2019
In the name of the gods: Indian girls forced into sex work despite ban on ancient ritual
Young girls in south India continue to be "dedicated" to village temples and then forced into prostitution despite laws banning the ancient ritual, researchers say.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jan 24, 2019
How populism drives Seoul's ties with Tokyo
South Korean state-sponsored education and censorship help fuel biased views of Japan.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Jan 23, 2019
What #MeToo? Dealmaking in escort bars thrives in corporate East Asia, including Japan
In Tokyo's Ginza, Seoul's Gangnam and Beijing's Chaoyang financial district, a familiar scene plays out almost every night of the work week. As dusk falls, businessmen flock to karaoke and hostess clubs to close deals and build relationships in the liquor-lubricated intimacy of young women.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 23, 2019
As Taliban talks gather pace, Afghan women fear turning back of the clock
Eighteen years ago, at the height of the Taliban's power in Afghanistan, Roshan Mashal secretly taught her daughters to read and write alongside a dozen local girls who smuggled school books to her house in potato sacks.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 21, 2019
Year of reckoning follows men (and one specific woman) to annual Davos extravaganza
These are uncomfortable times for the archetypal men of Davos — and at least one woman.
EDITORIALS
Jan 19, 2019
Bolstering the nation's workforce
The latest projections for the shrinking workforce should be ringing alarm bells in government corridors.
WORLD / Society
Jan 19, 2019
Feminist strippers win fight to keep club open in England
A strip club in Britain has won a battle to remain open after local authorities were told many of the dancers who work there are feminists.
Japan to resist Trump efforts to form trade bloc against China
As Japan gears up for the trade talks, Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is also seeking to cushion the blow that the U.S. tariffs may have on the domestic economy.
Japan doubles down on stimulus to counter effects of Trump tariffs
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks about U.S. tariffs in Tokyo last week.
Tokyo court fines Amazon Japan ¥35 million over counterfeit products
Takahiro Fujii (center), the president of Try and E, and his lawyers speak during a news conference on Friday in Tokyo after a ruling was handed down in a case against Amazon Japan.
Built in a flash, Osaka Expo pavilions wrestle with sustainability
Kengo Kuma & Associates oversaw the construction of the Malaysia pavilion, which is encased in interwoven rows of bamboo that appear to ripple.
Toyota chairman proposes record buyout of its supplier at $42 billion valuation
Toyota Motor Corp. Chairman Akio Toyoda after a meeting in Beijing last month
Amid uncertain tariffs, is now the time to buy a new iPhone?
An Apple store in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward in September. Prices for the newest iPhone models start at around ¥100,000 ($700) in Japan.
Built in a flash, Osaka Expo pavilions wrestle with sustainability
Kengo Kuma & Associates oversaw the construction of the Malaysia pavilion, which is encased in interwoven rows of bamboo that appear to ripple.
Japan weighs using U.S. rice imports as tariff negotiation tool with Trump
A restaurant owner pours California-grown Calrose rice into a rice cooker at his restaurant in Tokyo
Is Japan’s parliament ready to welcome more youth to its ranks?
Lower House lawmaker Kai Odake in his Tokyo office on Wednesday
Crow meat, goat tartare: Mauvaise Herbe raises its game
Crow meat, shaped into a ball and attached to a foot of the bird, is one of the peculiar offerings of game at Mauvaise Herbe.

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