Japan definitely has a way to go on this, but I think it's improved an enormous amount during my time here. In my company, parents (and non-parents) can flexibly adjust their hours to look after ...

This annual celebration takes place in Tokushima and is one of the most famous summer dance festivals in Japan. Each year, thousands of visitors flock to Tokushima to watch people perform what’s ...

LONDON (Kyodo) -- and influence of women in the workforce in 29 of the 38 members of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Japan was at 27th place, followed by South Korea and ...

“The Place of Shells” by Mai Ishizawa, a strange and slim novel of erudition, captures the emotional haze in the aftermath of disaster. Ishizawa’s debut novel, which won one of the three ...