The head of Japan’s professional female football league said support for women’s sports still lags behind other countries, even as global interest is rising. Haruna Takata, who chairs the two-year-old ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover soccer, tennis, and women’s sports stories. Japan women’s football head coach Futoshi Ikeda will leave his post upon the ...

Japan's January withdrawal of funding from the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women highlights its aversion to addressing gender equality issues at home. Despite externally ...

Japan elected its first female prime minister last month. But, despite becoming the country’s most powerful person, there is one place Sanae Takaichi is not expected to tread — inside a sumo ring.

For many Japanese women, social isolation stems from deep economic problems and social inequalities that the Ministry of Loneliness will never address. Women in Japan are underrepresented in politics, ...

Japan’s improved labor force participation for women is a reminder not to assume that job market limits are clear and finite. By Jeanna Smialek Japan’s economy has rocketed into the headlines this ...