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Can “Womenomics” Stem the Feminization of Poverty in Japan?

Statistics indicate that Japan is now registering record poverty levels.

By: Suvendrini Kakuchi ,; InterPressService

September 21, 2014

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Women Fight to Save Fukushima’s Children

Tokyo - Hundreds of Japanese women have been converging on the Japanese capital demanding better relief for some 30,000 children exposed to nuclear radiation by the Fukushima meltdown. …

By: Suvendrini Kakuchi ,; InterPressService

November 7, 2011

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Quake’s Aftermath Weighs Heavily on Women

Yuka Kobayashi, 14, stands in front of what's left of her home in Kamaishi, Iwate prefecture, Japan, March 31, 2011. Tokyo - Since the horrific Mar. 11 …

By: Suvendrini Kakuchi ,; InterPressService

April 16, 2011

Japan Bracing for Nuclear Meltdown

Tokyo - Desperate efforts by the government to avoid the looming nightmare of a nuclear meltdown in tsunami damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plants, 240 kilometres north of Tokyo, have …

By: Suvendrini Kakuchi ,; InterPressService|Report

March 15, 2011

Fear a Fallout of Blast at Nuclear Station

Tokyo - Heightened tension on Saturday after a blast at a nuclear facility in Fukushima, 150 kilometres north of Tokyo, eased off after the government reported that the danger …

By: Suvendrini Kakuchi ,; IPS|Report

March 12, 2011

Ruling Party’s Woes Mean a More Inward-Looking Japan

Tokyo - Worries about its political survival will hound Japan’s ruling party after its setback in the recent Upper House polls, leaving it little room to pursue policies that …

By: Suvendrini Kakuchi ,; InterPressService|Report

July 14, 2010

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