Japanese women are renowned for their exceptional longevity and good health. Several factors related to their lifestyle and culture contribute to this remarkable situation. The traditional Japanese ...

Mina Watanabe has made it her life’s work to tell the stories of the women who were sexually enslaved by the Japanese military before and during World War II. By Vivian Morelli Reporting from Tokyo ...

After Sanae Takaichi took office as Japan’s first woman prime minister, AFP spoke to some of her younger counterparts who called it a symbolic victory. Sanae Takaichi has become Japan's first woman ...

In Japan, women experience fewer menopausal symptoms, take less hormone replacement therapy and report smoother transitions into older age than their Western counterparts. The difference isn't genetic ...

TOKYO — Lawmakers in Japan elected hard-line conservative Sanae Takaichi as prime minister Tuesday, making her the first woman in modern times to lead the key U.S. ally. Takaichi, 64, the new leader ...