For whatever reason, I am both fascinated and captivated by Japanese society. And history as well. My first contact with Japanese culture was in connection with that juvenile fixation with martial ...

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US Wage Inequality: The wage inequality in United States continues to be a worrisome issue. With the US peers, Germany and Japan showing better wage trends, the country silently cries with a worsening ...

UN Women is trying to ensure women aren’t left behind in the artificial intelligence revolution by educating ‘feminist leaders’ on how to build and use AI for social change. As artificial intelligence ...

Aberdeen City Council has retained its bronze award accreditation from Scotland’s national policy and advocacy body working on women’s labour market equality, for its work on addressing gender ...

America’s “land of opportunity” promise is faltering for women. Since January 2025, 212,000 women have exited the workforce even as 44,000 men joined, according to BLS. The rollback of remote work, ...

With Japan facing a declining population, the number of foreign workers is growing in the country to meet the shrinking workforce. However, there are worrying signs, such as a political party that has ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Indian prime minister Narendra Modi met his Japanese counterpart Shigeru Ishiba at a Tokyo business forum on Friday and discussed using India's skilled, young workforce to help address labour ...

Retired women effectively go more than four months every year without getting a pension when their income is compared with that of men, new research finds. The Trades Union Congress (TUC) estimated ...

As artificial intelligence (AI) reshapes the world at breakneck speed, economists have raised concerns over women and girls being left behind. They are also at a higher risk of losing their jobs than ...