TOKYO -- The ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) has stated in its campaign pledge for the Feb. 8 House of Representatives ...

There’s a perception, bordering on a stereotype, that Japan has lost a lot of its interest in romance. Fewer people are getting married, those that do are getting married later, and young adults are ...

Women's rights advocates in Japan have struggled for decades for the right of married couples to have different last names. Japan is the only country where they're required to use one surname, which ...

(Philip FONG/AFP/AFP) After Sanae Takaichi took office as Japan's first woman prime minister, AFP spoke to some of her younger counterparts who called it a symbolic victory. The three local ...

Former Mediacorp actor Adam Chen, 49, quietly tied the knot with his Japanese girlfriend, 47, during the Covid-19 pandemic, after dating for 10 years. But there's a twist. In Japan, his wife is still ...

Japan is the only nation where married couples must use the same surname. Critics say it violates women’s rights and, unless the rule is scrapped, all Japanese could be surnamed Sato in 500 years.