Hosted on MSN

In Japan, these men deliberately push women around in the street.

In Japan, a disturbing phenomenon known as "butsukari otoko" has recently emerged, characterized by men deliberately pushing and shoving women in crowded public spaces. This act, often disguised as a ...

'We're not wombs': Japan women seek rights to sterilisation

When Kazane Kajiya voluntarily sterilised herself in the United States aged 27, she essentially "flipped the middle finger" at Japan's patriarchal society that had long pushed her towards ...
Medindia

Bird Flu Outbreak Strikes Japan Poultry Farm, HPAI Confirmed

Japan reports HPAI bird flu outbreak in Hokkaido poultry farm affecting 190,000 birds, reinforcing global monitoring of avian influenza and zoonotic risk.

Why women have to queue for the toilet – and what it says about how cities are designed

Many design standards are still based on a “default male body”, assuming a fast pace, standing and minimal time spent in the toilet. When spaces are organised around men’s bodies and routines, delays ...
WJFW

argenx to Present New Data at 2026 AAN Annual Meeting that Continue to Transform Patient Outcomes in MG and CIDP and Build Upon Strength of Pipeline

Positive results from Phase 3 ADAPT OCULUS study show VYVGART’s potential as the first targeted treatment for patients ...
Smithsonian Magazine

After Pearl Harbor, Americans Living in Japan Endured Imprisonment, Torture and a Lengthy Battle to Return Home

A new book chronicles the tense negotiations that secured the return of nearly 3,000 Allied civilians held by the Japanese ...
Publishers Weekly

Bestselling Women Writers in Japan Defy Cliché

Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player... Many of the most popular Japanese titles in translation belong to the healing fiction genre: cozy, comforting stories that often feature ...
East Asia Forum

Does Takaichi's victory herald a new age for women in Japan's politics?

Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) won the general election on 8 February 2026 in the biggest win for any Japanese party since the LDP’s formation in 1955. It captured 316 seats in the Diet’s ...
The New Yorker

The Woman Behind Japan’s Rightward Shift

Last October, Sanae Takaichi became Japan’s Prime Minister after being elected as head of the Liberal Democratic Party, the conservative political party that has governed Japan for most of its postwar ...
The New York Times

How Japan’s Leader Rescued Her Party from the Abyss

Sanae Takaichi, Japan’s first female prime minister, harnessed her personal popularity and a shift to the right among voters to achieve a record election win. By Javier C. Hernández Reporting from ...
Yahoo

Japan puts faith in first female prime minister

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sanae Takaichi’s conservative Liberal Democratic Party is on track to win supermajority of 316 seats out of 465 - Toru ...
Northcountrypublicradio.org

Japan's first female prime minister stakes her future on snap elections

Japan's first female premier has called snap elections for Sunday. She seeks a mandate for what could be sweeping changes and possibly a lurch to... Japan's first female prime minister stakes her ...