Tag: Women in Japan
Are Trains in Tokyo Safe for Women? A List of Women-Only Cars in Tokyo
How to ride public transport safely and report an incident
Ama Divers in Mie: Japan’s Legendary Sea Women Keeping Tradition Alive
Explore the vanishing world of Japan’s ama divers in Ise-Shima, where sea women have free-dived for abalone and pearls for over a thousand years.
Things Women Cannot Do in Japan
And why those rules exist and persist
Why Do Birth Rates Plummet Every 60 Years During the Year of the Fire Horse?
Debunking an old, sexist myth
Why Do 84 Percent of Women in Japan Think Cheating is Healthy?
Understanding infidelity in Japan
Are Japanese Men Afraid of Independent Women?
How have the advancements in women`s rights impacted work, dating and family expectations?
Japan Drugstore Guide: Period Pain Relief and Women’s Health
We've got your back with these menstrual and feminine care products available in Japanese pharmacies
Her Body, Not Her Choice: Do Women in Japan Need Consent From Their Partner to Get an Abortion?
The issues and human rights violations surrounding abortion in Japan
Book Review: Vanishing World by Sayaka Murata
A chillingly plausible future
Book Review: The Place of Shells by Mai Ishizawa (translated by Polly Barton)
A quietly devastating and masterfully surreal debut
Based in Japan: Kimono Stylist Kara Harris
Harris' journey to both preserve and push the boundaries of an age-old tradition
Women’s Bodybuilding in Japan
A culture of support