There are many issues regarding gender in Japan, particularly around gender equality and LGBTQ and diversity. Here are the top articles that Zenbird readers have been interested in 2022 regarding gender and equality. Contents What is LGBTQQIAAPPO2S...
Japan has been working on gender equality in various ways. However, there remains much to be done to achieve it. “Academic harassment” is no exception. In recent years, it is becoming a big issue. Definition of “academic harassment” in...
Japan still has a long way to go to create a welcome space for gender minorities in both sport and society. But the young generation is improving awareness, according to the guest speaker of the online discussion “LGBTQ+ and Women in Sports in...
Awareness regarding gender equality issues in Japan has continuously appeared in the spotlight for several reasons. Although the country has made significant strides to promote equality in the workplace, government and society, the country still...
In early February, when the head of the Tokyo Olympics Games organizing committee said that women talk too much in meetings, his comments justifiably drew the ire of the world. But the ensuing debate opened ears to suppressed voices and has...
Unstereotype Alliance is an initiative convened by UN Women— the United Nations entity for Gender Equality—to eradicate negative gender-based stereotypes in all media and advertising content. Expressing support for their effort, Japan’s...
What would you do if you saw a man upskirt someone on an escalator, or drop a pill into his date’s drink while she went to the toilet? If your answer is “nothing,” then you are in agreement with the majority of Japanese people...
Shiori Onuki is working on a life plan—actually, on more than 136,000 of them. That’s roughly how many people regularly watch her YouTube channel on sex education, which she started with the aim of giving Japanese youth the information they...
Despite the former Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe, declaring in 2013 to improve gender equality and to promote women’s empowerment in Japan, it’s hard to say the country’s attempt to create ‘a society in which all women...
Japan has one of the world’s lowest teenage pregnancy rates in the world; however, this does not mean that the country has escaped its own issues and obstacles as to what teenagers, especially women, run into when faced with the fact of caring for a...