TOKYO -- The recent sexual misconduct scandal involving former TV host Masahiro Nakai has brought to light the Japanese television industry's lack of awareness of women's rights. In particular, female ...

Ms. Watanabe said she had been interested in women’s rights since her school days in Tokyo. When some of the survivors of Japan’s military sexual slavery system finally came forward in the ...

Behind this was a growing women's movement. Yet Japan lagged in these efforts. It wasn't until 1985 that the country legislated the equal employment act and ratified the Convention on the ...