Japan wants to raises the share of its female pilots from only 2% as of 2024 to 10% by the end of 2035, but there are plenty of headwinds. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/27/japan/female-airline-pilots/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #airlines #mext #aviation #women039sissues #pilots #civilaviationcollege
To all the women who've heard the frustrating "it's all in your head" in response to medical maladies, a new study out Friday feels your pain. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/21/world/science-health/study-chronic-pain-women/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #sciencehealth #women039sissues #health #biology
Two women have successfully given birth using transplanted ovarian tissues that had been frozen before they underwent cancer treatment, a Japanese team has said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/18/japan/science-health/frozen-ovarian-transplants/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sciencehealth #pregnancy #women039sissues #cancer #transplants
China efforts to encourage women to have more babies will have short-lived effects, while coercive measures — such as bans on contraception and abortion — would trigger a public backlash https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2026/02/16/world/china-boosting-fertility-with-force/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #china #chinesecommunistparty #pregnancy #women039sissues #birthcontrol #parenthood
Experts in Japan are calling for greater access to anonymous childbirth services — currently available in only two medical institutions nationwide — to protect both mothers and newborns. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/13/japan/society/japan-isolated-births/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #women039sissues #pregnancy #hospitals
Singapore’s stalled birthrate reflects a pattern across wealthy Asian economies where higher living standards, shifting values and gender imbalances have made low fertility persistent and resistant to quick policy fixes. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2026/02/10/world/asias-falling-fertility-rates/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #singapore #japan #southkorea #taiwan #china #fertility #demographics #aging #population #immigration #labor #prosperity #children #women039sissues
An oral medicine used to treat chronic kidney disease and heart failure is also effective in treating premature ovarian insufficiency, a team of Japanese and other researchers has discovered. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/10/japan/science-health/fertility-treatment-kidney-medication/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sciencehealth #hongkong #health #pregnancy #women039sissues #medicine
Hikaru Fujita, who is running for a seat in Japan's powerful Upper House as a candidate for the governing Liberal Democratic Party, is testing the country's patriarchal system with two words: "I'm pregnant." https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/07/japan/politics/upending-japan-politics-pregnant/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #ldp #women039sissues #pregnancy #2026lowerhouseelection
Changes must be made across a wide range of settings to overcome deeply rooted gender roles and achieve gender equality, Rengo head Tomoko Yoshino said in an interview. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/02/04/economy/rengo-head-gender-equality/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #rengo #unions #women039sissues #jobs
Japan's Supreme Court has dismissed a U.S. airman's appeal against his five-year prison sentence for kidnapping and sexually assaulting an underage girl in Okinawa Prefecture in 2023. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/03/japan/crime-legal/okinawa-rejection-airman-appeal/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #us #japanesecourts #okinawa #usmilitary #sexcrimes #usbases #usjapanrelations #women039sissues #childabuse #supremecourt
The proportion of women running in Japan's general election next month has barely advanced, reports have said, despite a trailblazing win last year by Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/28/japan/few-women-election-ballot/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #ldp #sanaetakaichi #2026lowerhouseelection #women039sissues
Tokyo police have arrested the head of what they say is Japan’s largest sex worker scouting ring after a yearlong manhunt. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/27/japan/crime-legal/scout-leader-arrest/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #natural #prostitution #tokyo #women039sissues #yakuza #japanesepolice
The LDP pledged in its election manifesto to secure a stable supply of rare earths, as it looks to counter “economic coercion,” an apparent reference to recent moves by China to halt the flow of the minerals to Japan. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/21/japan/politics/ldp-election-manifesto/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #ldp #sanaetakaichi #rareearths #china #chinajapanrelations #2026lowerhouseelection #diet #defense #inflation #japaneseeconomy #familyregistry #marriage #familylaw #names #women039sissues
Despite being branded anti-feminist by media elites, Japan’s first female prime minister Sanae Takaichi exposes the blind spots and hypocrisy of academic feminism. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2026/01/16/japan/takaichis-success-and-feminisms-failures/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #feminism #women039sissues #sanaetakaichi #satsukikatayama #ldp #childabuse #childporn #caregiving #genderequality
At a meeting with female ambassadors to Japan held at the Prime Minister's Office, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi called for united action to eliminate barriers facing women seeking leadership roles. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/16/japan/politics/takaichi-gender-barriers/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #sanaetakaichi #women039sissues #discrimination
Six-time Grand Slam champion Iga Swiatek on Saturday said she saw little point to the recent "Battle of the Sexes" match and that women's tennis has nothing more to prove. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2026/01/03/tennis/swiatek-battle-of-sexes/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #tennis #igaswiatek #wtatour #women039sissues #arynasabalenka #nickkyrgios
Nearly 60 women lawmakers in Japan, including Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, submitted a petition calling for more toilets in the parliament building to match their improved representation. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/31/japan/politics/toilets-women-lawmakers/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #sanaetakaichi #toilets #women039sissues #health
Japan is the fastest aging nation in the world. Now that we're closer to 2050 than 2000, how will that affect the generation now coming of age? https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/29/japan/society/japan-2050-predections-depopulation/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #depopulation #aging #demographics #teens #elderly #comingofageday #lifeexpectancy #rurallife #women039sissues
How Takaichi’s government addresses the implementation gap for existing laws will define whether her historic appointment translates into substantive progress for women’s safety. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/12/26/japan/can-takaichis-tackle-violence-against-women/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #sanaetakaichi #domesticviolence #women039sissues
Japan's government and the ruling Liberal Democratic Party plan to postpone formulating the sixth basic program for promoting gender equality, initially scheduled to be compiled by the end of the year, sources said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/24/japan/politics/new-gender-program-delayed/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #marriage #names #ldp #sanaetakaichi #familylaw #women039sissues