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In Japan, women buy two ice creams for a "disturbing" reason

In Japan, an act as simple as buying ice cream can unwittingly reveal potentially dangerous personal information. A recent warning, relayed by the media and on social networks, highlights a discreet ...
Forbes

Japan’s First Female Leader Could Be Bad For Women

Sanae Takaichi, newly-elected leader of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), speaks during a news conference at the party’s headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, on Saturday, Oct. 4, 2025. The big moment for ...
WGBH

Rigid gender roles are prompting women to leave rural Japan

Members of a university kanto club perform in Akita Prefecture, Japan. Tradition and religion dictate that only men are allowed to be sashite or pole carriers. Anthony Kuhn is NPR's correspondent ...
The New York Times

A Woman Is Poised to Lead Japan. Will That Help Japanese Women?

Sanae Takaichi is poised to break Japan’s political glass ceiling. But some worry she will maintain policies that have held women back. By Javier C. Hernández and River Akira Davis Reporting from ...