Japan's population has been shrinking for 15 years, with huge implications for the country's economy, national defense, and ...

A book of short stories about women that was a bestseller in Japan is being released in the United States in English ...

A Japanese woman living in China was attacked and injured by a man in a Suzhou subway station, Japanese media outlets said, hours after two Chinese men were seriously injured in violence in Tokyo ...

Shigeko Kagawa, a 114-year-old retired physician, has been recognized as Japan's oldest living person, following the passing of Miyoko Hiroyasu. Kagawa attributes her longevity to a life of freedom, ...

Sure, there is a plot. The book focuses on our protagonist, Shaka, a woman in her 40s with a congenital muscle disorder living in a Japanese care home during the COVID-19 pandemic.

TAKAMATSU -- A Ukrainian woman working in Japan after leaving her war-torn homeland recounted her experience walking the Buddhist pilgrimage routes in Shikoku while reminiscing about her family ...

She’s the first biracial woman ever to wear the crown. Born and raised in Japan, 21-year-old Ariana Miyamoto is the daughter of a Japanese mother and African-American father.