Indian woman police officer Chhaya Sharma, who led the investigation into the brutal 2012 December gang rape, has been chosen along with six others for the 2019 Asia Society Game Changers award for......
Closures, travel restrictions, and self-isolation measures due to the coronavirus have cleared public squares, roads, and travel destinations across the globe. Photographers have been capturing the......
Yuriko Koike has made a dring bid for the Japanese prime ministership. She is the first female to contest for the post . Koike is former newscaster and has also previously served as defence......
Two women are in contention to become prime minister for the first time in Japan's history -- a potential turning point for a country that ranks below Saudi Arabia in terms of female political......
'What lies at the core of Abe's stance is Japan's crisis management ability amid the increasingly tense North Korean situation,' says Rajaram Panda. After Japan's Prime Minister Abe Shinzo......
IMAGE: Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike and Thomas Bach, President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), bump elbows at the start of their talks at Tokyo Metropolitan Government Office Building......
IMAGE: Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike and Thomas Bach, President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), bump elbows at the start of their talks. Photograph: Issei Kato/Reuters International......
Only 22 per cent of Japanese say the Games should go ahead IMAGE: An anti-Olympics protest in Tokyo, May 17, 2021. Photograph: Naoki Ogura/Reuters Global interest in the Tokyo Olympics is muted, a......
IMAGE: The breadth and scale of the spreading coronavirus around the world have forced the cancellation of numerous sporting events, raising concerns about whether the Olympics will be able to......
IMAGE: World Health Organization described the new coronavirus as a pandemic. Photograph: Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images The classification of the coronavirus as a pandemic will have an impact......