Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba plans to announce his resignation by the end of next month, media said on Wednesday, ...

Seoul will take a close look at the terms of a U.S.-Japan trade deal, South Korea's industry minister said on Wednesday, ...

Populist Sanseito’s rise is eroding the ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s dominance and reshaping Japan’s traditionally staid ...

Leah Shackley, Matt King, Kate Hurst and the mixed 400 free relay brought the U.S. gold-medal total to 16 at the World University Games.

All forms of walking can provide mental health benefits. When you walk, your body releases mood-boosting hormones including endorphins, oxytocin, and dopamine, says Shulman. So beyond the long-term ...

Anti-establishment parties focused on wages, immigration and an unresponsive political elite struck a chord with working-age ...

A record 40 women won seats in Japan's House of Councillors election on Sunday, surpassing the previous record of 35 set in the 2022 upper house vote.

Sometimes, it’s the pressing election issues that no one is talking about that matter most. Especially when the omission is ...

Mikiko Nishimura is a professor of the sociology of education at International Christian University in Tokyo. Women's universities are fighting for survival in Japan. Since 2000, 25 private women ...

Japan's Ritsumeikan University have won the second annual UK Ekiden race after frontrunners from the University of Oxford were disqualified for an illegal sash pass. The 70-mile (114km) mixed ...

Japan's labour shortage is forcing its conservative lawmakers to consider overhauling decades-old social welfare rules originally designed to encourage married women to spend more hours looking ...

Japan Women's University is the oldest and largest of the private Japanese women's universities in the country. It was set up by education reformist Jinzo Naruse in 1901 and has approximately 6000 ...