Princess Aiko's increasing popularity is sparking discussions about changing Japan's male-only succession law.

Eight billion people. Almost three times as many as in 1960. And still we are told the real crisis is that there aren't ...

A court has found Japan’s refusal to legalize same-sex marriage constitutional in the last of six cases likely to be brought ...

On Wednesday morning, the United States unveiled its Olympic and Paralympic hockey jerseys that will be worn by the men’s and ...

It’s been a difficult year for the people who create video games, with layoffs persisting while the tech industry tries to force us to use artificial intelligence for everything. But great games ...

TOKYO -- TOKYO (AP) — Sanae Takaichi made history by becoming Japan's first female prime minister in October. She must now decide whether she'll break another barrier: the taboo barring women from the ...

A woman from Taiwan who was sexually harassed by a man on the street in Japan was shocked when police said they could not help her. The woman said online that on November 5 she had been slapped on her ...

The Hiroshima District Public Prosecutors Office has indicted a 32-year-old Vietnamese woman for allegedly killing a 32-year-old Vietnamese woman during a robbery at her home in October. According to ...

The US Ladies Professional Golf Association Tour gathers the best women golfers from around the world. In 2025, four from Japan made their tour debut: Takeda Rio, Yamashita Miyū, and the Iwai twins, ...

Human remains unearthed in a desert area outside Henderson more than half a century ago have been identified as those of a Canadian woman who may have been an acquaintance of a mob-linked Las Vegas ...

AKITA PREFECTURE, Japan – The body of a 79-year-old woman who appears to have been attacked by a bear was found on Nov 3 in a forested area in the mountains of Akita prefecture, north-eastern Japan, ...

A 58-year-old Japanese woman was hit and killed by a car at an intersection in central Seoul on Sunday night, local police said, with the driver, a man in his 30s who was found to have been under the ...