Japan

At 116 years old, Japanese avid climber Tomiko Itooka is about to be named the world’s person by Guinness World Records.

Heartbreak, come backs and nail-biting finals: here are the biggest moments from the Games over the past 48 hours.

Every Japanese citizen in 500 years’ time may end up sharing the same surname of “Sato” if marriage laws continue.

Two separate courts in Japan this week have deemed the nation’s ban on same sex marriage is “unconstitutional”.

A picture of Japanese politicians standing in front of the Eiffel Tower has drawn criticism from conservatives in Japan

Satoko Kishimoto is Tokyo ward’s first female mayor and she’s bringing ‘radical change’ to Japan’s long history of male-dominated politics.

The world’s oldest person, Japanese woman Kane Tanaka, born in 1903, has passed away in Japan aged 119 and 107 days.

Seiko Noda will run for the leadership race of the Liberal Democratic Party, making the last minute announcement just one day before the campaign begins.

The governing party in charge of Japan’s Olympics welcomed five women into a board-meeting but said “look, don’t speak.”

More people died from suicide than the COVID-19 virus last month in Japan. Many were women. The mental health catastrophe might be rising.