Former Japanese prime minister Tomiichi Murayama, known for his apology for past wartime atrocities while in office, arrived here Tuesday for a three-day visit to South Korea amid frayed ties between the two countries.
The Japanese government has hired U.S. lobby firms in its efforts to smooth over "comfort women," an issue that has roiled Japan's relations with those countries whose women were forced into sexual slavery by Japanese Imperial Armed Forces during World War II, a U.S. newspaper said on Thursday.
The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday passed a one-trillion-dollar spending bill in which a document is attached calling for Secretary of State John Kerry to encourage Japan to address the issue of "comfort women."
In Lianchi village of Yongren County, Yunnan Province, 43-year-old Li Fumei is dancing with other women in a circle at the village square.
In a study of 417 women participating in weight loss programs for up to 24 months, those who sustained a 10 percent or more loss of their body weight for two years reduced their total cholesterol, LDL "bad" cholesterol, HDL "good" cholesterol, triglycerides, insulin, glucose and inflammation markers.
Despite the world community campaigns to end violence against women, an Afghan man chopped off the lips and nose of his wife in the western Herat province on Friday.
Australians between the ages of 18 and 24 were the most likely group to have experienced some form of violence last year
A United Nations working group on women's rights will visit China from Dec. 12 to 19, the Chinese Foreign Ministry announced on Wednesday.
Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg is calling on Chinese women to step up and "sit at the table" if they want successful careers and break free from their self-limitations.
Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto, who is also co-leader of the opposition Japan Restoration Party, revealed that he has asked the San Francisco Board of Supervisors to retract its resolution condemning his remarks on the so-called "comfort women" in the Japanese military during World War II, saying he has never justified the use of such women under the military regime, local press reported on Friday.
Compared with those living in rural areas, women living in large urban areas are at a significantly higher risk of postpartum depression after five to 14 months of giving birth, according to a new Canadian study.
Many Chinese today are going to salons or classes to learn to control their emotions and improve their self-acceptance,in the hope of maintaining a good relationship with their spouse.
Despite traditional barriers in the war-torn Afghanistan, more and more women are now joining the police to secure their future.
Although the situation of women in the post-Taliban Afghanistan has been improving, it still has a long way to go in gender equality and empowering women in society, according to Public Health Minister Suraya Dalil. "The Afghan women situation is improving over the last decade. The reduction in maternal mortality rate in a society is a sign of the advancement of a society and Afghanistan has already made significant improvement in reducing birth-related deaths among mothers,"Dalil told Xinhua in an interview.
Vietnam's Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs has proposed that the retirement age for certain types of workers should be increased by five years.
U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta on Thursday announced as part of the department's plans to remove gender-based barriers to service, the Pentagon is to rescind a 1994 rule that prohibits women from assignment to direct ground combat positions.
Eating three or more servings of blueberries and strawberries per week may help women reduce their risk of a heart attack by as much as one-third, researchers reported Monday in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association.
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