An issue that Japan’s governments have long neglected is now of serious concern to its population, a new survey shows.

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Mai is among hundreds of thousands of women working in Japan’s sprawling sex industry. The business, thought to be worth ...

A new study suggests that, for modern Japanese speakers, two traditional, patriarchal words for "husband" ("shujin," ...

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TOKYO -- A survey by an advocacy group found that more than 70% of respondents have positive attitudes toward transgender ...

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Two American nationals were arrested Sunday in Japan after one of them entered the monkey enclosure at a zoo where a baby macaque named Punch became a global internet sensation earlier this year, ...

The men were charged with obstructing operations at a zoo, apparently as a stunt connected to a cryptocurrency. They denied the charges. By Javier C. Hernández and Hisako Ueno Reporting from Tokyo The ...

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