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Tag: Women in Japan

Japan Drugstore Guide: Best Japanese Sunscreen - Metropolis Japan

Japan Drugstore Guide: Best Japanese Sunscreen

 From sunscreen to aftercare, here are the best products for summer in Japan 

Are Trains in Tokyo Safe for Women? A List of Women-Only Cars in Tokyo - Metropolis 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 - Metropolis Japan

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 - Metropolis Japan

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? - Metropolis Japan

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? - Metropolis Japan

Why Do 84 Percent of Women in Japan Think Cheating is Healthy?

Understanding infidelity in Japan

Are Japanese Men Afraid of Independent Women? - Metropolis 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 - Metropolis Japan

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? - Metropolis Japan

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 - Metropolis 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) - Metropolis Japan

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 - Metropolis Japan

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 - Metropolis Japan

Women’s Bodybuilding in Japan

A culture of support

Is Japan Safe for Women? - Metropolis Japan

Is Japan Safe for Women?

Questioning the “Japan is safe” narrative on International Women’s Day