GENEVA (AP) — UN Women and partners published a study Tuesday that found more than two-thirds of women journalists, rights ...

How Takaichi’s government addresses the implementation gap for existing laws will define whether her historic appointment ...

Police in Tokyo have arrested a 46-year-old unemployed man on suspicion of indecently assaulting a woman on a train on the Shonan-Shinjuku Line. According to police, the incident occurred at around 9 ...

Brothels established in Niigata Prefecture for Allied occupation forces immediately after Japan's surrender in World War II ...

Every year, the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence (GBV), an international campaign that runs from 25 November ...

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is the highest-ranked political newcomer on this year's Forbes Most Powerful Women ...

ICE agent arrested on assault, domestic violence charges; prosecutors seek no bond ...

Every year, some South African women living overseas become trapped in a cycle of violence: unable to leave abusive partners ...

Japan's convenience stores responded to 6,681 incidents involving women in crisis during 2023, with the number of local koban ...

Days after 25 people lost their lives in the Goa nightclub fire, a woman has come forward with a shocking allegation: the same club’s staff assaulted her and her family just weeks before the tragedy.

Japanese police have arrested a 30-year-old man on suspicion of attempted murder in connection with Sunday's stabbing attack ...

Shiori Ito won a landmark 2019 civil case against a Japanese TV reporter accused of raping her - a charge he denies - and ...