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Japan's revised Imperial House Law, which aims to address the declining number of imperial family members, came into effect Saturday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/10/24/japan/new-imperial-house-law/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #imperialfamily #women039sissues

The approval rating for Takaichi's Cabinet among women dropped to 42.9% from 65.9% when she took office a year ago, according to a Jiji Press opinion poll. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/10/22/japan/politics/takaichi-women-disappointed/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #sanaetakaichi #women039sissues #cabinet #ldp

While local governments in Japan have expanded consultation services for women facing a range of hardships, efforts to provide temporary shelter for domestic violence victims have made little headway. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/10/22/japan/japan-domestic-violence-shelter-rule/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #domesticviolence #women039sissues #mhlw #localgovernment

The education ministry has asked the University of Tokyo to review how it selected its new president after the university chose a woman for the role for the first time despite her finishing second in a faculty vote. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/10/21/japan/society/university-of-tokyo-president/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #universityoftokyo #yukofujigaki #educationministry #education #women039sissues #discrimination #universities

Japan will no longer use the term "abnormal delivery" when describing births involving medical procedures such as caesarean sections, following concerns it could cause psychological distress to expectant parents. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/10/21/japan/japan-drops-term-abnormal-delivery/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #mhlw #pregnancy #insurance #hospitals #women039sissues

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi says she loses hours to makeup and chores. Opinions abound. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/10/17/japan/politics/takaichi-makeup-chores/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #sanaetakaichi #ldp #women039sissues

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi says she probably spends "three or four more hours" than her male predecessors tackling household duties on top of her already packed daily schedule. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/10/14/japan/prime-minister-sanae-takaichi-housework/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sanaetakaichi #women039sissues #diet

Criticism over the University of Tokyo's selection of its first female president should focus on the reasons and process behind the choice rather than assume gender explains it. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2026/10/14/japan/university-of-tokyo-first-female-president/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #universityoftokyo #yukofujigaki #niigatauniversity #toshiyukisomeya #kyotouniversity #educationministry #yoshihiroseki #tohokuuniversity #education #women039sissues #discrimination

A new survey shows that more than two thirds of health professionals involved with maternal care across five continents have seen complications caused by intense heat in the past five years. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2026/10/05/climate-change/heat-pregnant-women-babies-risk/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #environment #climatechange #heatwaves #environment #climatechange #health #women039sissues #children

New York state prosecutors reopened an investigation into the alleged 2024 gang rape of a Cornell University student, after the woman filed a civil lawsuit saying members of a campus fraternity drugged and assaulted her. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/10/02/world/crime-legal/cornell-rape-investigation/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #crimelegal #women039sissues #universities #us #cornell #rape #sexcrimes

U.S. prosecutors have reopened an investigation into an alleged gang rape at Cornell University following claims the elite college failed to properly punish the men involved. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/09/30/world/crime-legal/cornell-gang-rape-prosecutors-reopen-case/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #crimelegal #women039sissues #universities #us #cornell #rape

Women in Indonesian Borneo are risking life and limb to battle blazes that are making their communities sick, all while shouldering a sexist backlash. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/09/30/asia-pacific/society/women-fires-sexism-indonesia-borneo/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #society #indonesia #southeastasia #borneo #wildfires #discrimination #women039sissues

The University of Tokyo has chosen Yuko Fujigaki, its first female president, to lead the top-tier university, which has recently struggled with a string of scandals and funding setbacks. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/09/29/japan/university-of-tokyo-first-female-president/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #universityoftokyo #education #universities #women039sissues

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's recent reshuffle of her Cabinet and party leadership lineup has fallen short of her pledge to raise female representation to the level of Northern European countries. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/09/28/japan/politics/takaichi-women-ministers/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #sanaetakaichi #ldp #cabinet #women039sissues

When women leave Japan's workforce, too often there's no way back in. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2026/09/24/japan/japans-gender-gap/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #women039sissues #jobs #discrimination #employment #japaneseeconomy

India's female labor force participation rate has long lagged behind that of peer economies like Bangladesh, not because of social norms, but because of weak demand for labor. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2026/09/22/world/women-working-in-india/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #india #indianeconomy #labor #women #women039sissues #bangladesh

Japan ranked 117th out of 145 countries in the World Economic Forum's 2026 Global Gender Gap Report, landing one notch higher than last year but still the worst among the Group of Seven nations. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/09/17/japan/japan-gender-equality-ranking/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #women039sissues #surveys #sanaetakaichi #worldeconomicforum

In Japan, a radical feminist theater troupe is turning Gothic Lolita fashion into a form of protest, using frills, fury and stories of sexual violence to challenge misogyny. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2026/09/15/stage/feminist-theater-gothic-lolita/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #culture #stage #theater #feminism #tokyo #women039sissues #sexcrimes #metoo

Mizuho Securities' first female wealth management head is targeting sixfold growth in her firm's asset advisory business, as she joins a still short list of leading women in Japan's financial sector. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/09/14/companies/mizuho-first-female-wealth-manager/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #banks #mizuho #women039sissues

The number of people rushed to the hospital due to self-harm or attempted suicide grew for the seventh straight year to 43,631 in 2025, according to the Japan Suicide Countermeasures Promotion Center. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/09/10/japan/society/suicide-attempts/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #health #suicide #mentalhealth #hospitals #women039sissues

Capt. Momoka "Jasmine" Fujii is no Maverick, but she is one of a tiny minority of female pilots flying front-line combat jets in the Air Self-Defense Force. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/09/08/japan/society/sdf-female-pilot/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #sdf #defense #chitose #hokkaido #women039sissues

Gloria Steinem, who championed the cause of equal rights for American women for more than six decades, has died. She was 92. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/09/03/world/gloria-steinem-dies/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #gloridasteinem #women039sissues #us #obituaries

Girls in Afghanistan have been defying the Taliban's ban on formal education for girls beyond sixth grade, attending secret schools to continue their fight for an education. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/08/31/world/society/afghanistan-girls-secret-schools/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #society #afghanistan #taliban #education #women039sissues #discrimination

Until June, the Japanese government didn't require doctors to notify patients that they had dense breast tissue — a potential early warning sign of cancer. Even with the policy change, advocates say more can be done. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2026/08/22/lifestyle/breast-cancer-screening-change-tissue-density-health/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #life #lifestyle #health #cancer #breastcancer #women039sissues #nationalhealthcare

In an anonymous apartment building in Kyiv, a shelter has been taking in not only victims of domestic violence, but mothers and children forced to abandon their homes in eastern Ukraine following Russia's 2022 invasion. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/08/17/world/society/kyiv-shelter-mothers-invasion-abuse/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #society #women039sissues #ukraine #kyiv #domesticviolence

In Japan, thin is beautiful. But at the Strongirls Strength Festival, bulking up and pumping iron is the goal for competitors who say weight "just a number." https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2026/08/15/lifestyle/powerlifting-all-women-japn-health-fitness-beauty-standards/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #life #lifestyle #health #beauty #fitness #women039sissues #feminism

Father after father in Afghanistan choked up in despair as they spoke about the education ban that stops their daughters going beyond primary school. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/08/11/world/society/afghan-fathers-daughters-education/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #society #afghanistan #taliban #women039sissues #discrimination #education

Emergency doctor Tomoko Sato found herself torn between two urgent demands in the wake of a powerful earthquake that struck Kumamoto Prefecture: caring for a surge of incoming patients and protecting her own children. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/08/03/japan/science-health/kumamoto-quake-er-doctor/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sciencehealth #kumamoto #2026kumamotoearthquake #hospitals #doctors #women039sissues #nurses #children #tomokosato

When a university in Tokyo was caught doctoring entrance exams to reduce women students, one editor decided to stand up to the system in any way she could: with a protest, a publishing house and a bookstore. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2026/08/02/books/feminist-books-japan/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #culture #books #feminism #bookstores #japaneseliterature #shimokitazawa #setagayaward #tokyo #women039sissues

A growing cohort of Japanese women without children are working to build a life and community for themselves that isn't grounded in motherhood. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/07/25/japan/society/japan-childless-women/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #women039sissues #children #parenthood #marriage