A cross between sport, fashion and theater, the Japanese women’s wrestling league Sukeban has exploded onto the scene. We went to see them fight.

Bow once again to your Phenex Queen. After months of presenting her case on why she is the undisputed top draw of Japanese wrestling regardless of gender, World ...

Yurina Noguchi, 32, waves her bouquet toward an image of Klaus, her AI partner, displayed on her mobile phone after their ...

TOKYO — As Japan’s first female prime minister, Sanae Takaichi has broken new ground in a country that struggles with gender equality. But she has quickly run up against a tradition that may be ...

Japan elected its first female prime minister last month. But, despite becoming the country’s most powerful person, there is one place Sanae Takaichi is not expected to tread — inside a sumo ring.

Empress Elisabeth of Austria (1837–1898), better known as Princess Sisi, became an icon of the Habsburg Empire when, at just 16 years old, she wed her first cousin, Emperor Franz Joseph, and ...

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi of Japan has called population decline the country's "biggest problem" and set out an action plan for her ministers to follow in hopes of tackling the issue. These ...

The bears are in the streets. They are on the sidewalks of rural roads. They are on airport runways. And they are attacking humans in record numbers, according to a flurry of warnings from the ...

Japan's new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi delivers her first policy speech in the parliament, in Tokyo, Japan, October 24, 2025. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/File Photo Renowned Japan expert Sheila Smith ...

Families in the U.S. and around the world are having fewer children as people make profoundly different decisions about their lives. NPR's series Population Shift: How Smaller Families Are Changing ...

Deborah Cox sang “O Canada” just before Tinashe’s rendition. She also received resounding praise, unlike Toronto singer-songwriter JP Saxe, who got slammed online for changing lyrics to the anthem ...

From brightly illuminated cities to sweeping natural landscapes, centuries-old temples to brilliant modern architecture, Japan is a country filled with the unique beauty that comes from blending ...