In Capitalists Must Starve — a novel by Park Seolyeon, translated from Korean by Anton Hur — a labor activist climbs to the ...

Correction appended, Jan. 30, 03:30 EST. It was the mayor of Osaka who said that comfort women served a “necessary” role, not the mayor of Hiroshima. The article has been amended to reflect this. Did ...

His televised address as prime minister, delivered 50 years to the day after Japan announced its surrender, set a marker for ...

While Takaichi's rise to power is a milestone for the nation, some caution it does not necessarily signal a broader advance ...

Many narratives about World War II have emerged during the 80 postwar years, but one important question has not been ...

Wakako Kondoh Burk at bride school in Yokosuka, Japan in 1957. The American Red Cross created “Bride Schools” to teach Japanese women how to be an “American” wife and mother. (Photo courtesy of ...

TOKYO — Sanae Takaichi, a star of ultraconservative Japanese politics and a rare woman to rise in its male-dominated hierarchy, has been elected the country’s first female prime minister. Takaichi, 64 ...

With the election of Sanae Takaichi as prime minister this week, Japan joined the ranks of countries that have had a woman serve as head of state or government since World War II. As of the end of ...

Japan ranks low in gender equality among developed nations. The first woman to lead the country is an ultraconservative who ...

Though her election is a milestone in a country that struggles with gender equality, critics say hard-line conservative Sanae ...