Heart of America Japan-America Society and Johnson County Community College will host the 27th annual Kansas City Japan Festival on Oct. 4, inviting guests to immerse themselves into Japanese traditio ...

Sumo is more than a sport in Japan. It’s a sacred tradition, a 1,500-year-old spectacle steeped in Shinto ritual and ceremony. But at its heart lies a long-standing taboo: women are still barred from ...

The Venice Film Festival spotlighted women in cinema with Reel Women, a late-night celebration hosted by filmmaker, actress, and producer Maria Soccor at the Campari Lounge. Beginning at 10 p.m., the ...

Getting immersed in Japanese culture in New Mexico is inevitably a multi-cultural experience. For Shizuko, a Japanese-American woman who recently moved here and has been involved with the Japanese ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- The Women's Film Festival in Philadelphia is happening now through September 28th. During its 10th anniversary year, the festival will screen more than 100 films. Its motto is ...

Moto, Maika & Lily spoke to Billboard Japan about the chemistry born from their collaboration, gender discrepancies within Japan's music industry. By Billboard Japan The members of Chilli Beans. spoke ...

(COLORADO SPRINGS) — The Rocky Mountain Women’s Film Festival returns to Colorado Springs Oct. 17-19, marking its 38th year as the longest-running women’s film festival in North America. Executive ...

The only woman in the leadership race for Japan’s ruling party vowed Monday to improve the gender balance in her cabinet to “Nordic” levels and to ensure “peaceful” coexistence with foreigners. Sanae ...

Tokyo, Sept. 29, 2025 (SUNA) – The Embassy of Sudan in Tokyo participated with a comprehensive pavilion in the Japan Global Festival, organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan in ...

LDP leadership race features familiar faces, including Sanae Takaichi and Shinjiro Koizumi, vying to succeed Shigeru Ishiba. Ms Takaichi is softening her conservative image, amid past criticisms of ...

On the evening of August 1, the main street of Morioka, the Iwate prefectural capital, begins filling with dancers bearing large drums. It is the start of the Sansa Odori, where a total of 25,000 ...

Two former Canadian female students at Yamanashi Gakuin University filed a lawsuit Friday claiming they were sexually abused, one by a professor and the other by a student, and that the university ...