Japan is the country with the oldest population in the world. As the country continues to age, senior citizens, especially ...

Of the 7,270 pilots at major airlines in Japan, only 142 are women, accounting for just 1.9 percent of the total. As this figure compares dismally with the 6.1 percent for the Asia-Oceania region ...

Reports from the committee have criticized Japan’s inadequate legal definitions of discrimination against women, limited access to justice for women, and the persistence of deep-seated gender ...

This series explores topics surrounding women who began their careers in Japan around the time of the implementation of equal opportunities employment legislation in the mid-1980s. With many now ...