Feminism in Japan began with women's rights movements that date back to antiquity. The movement started to gain momentum after Western thinking was brought into Japan during the Meiji Restoration in 1
A women's rights group meeting in Tokyo, to push for universal suffrage.
Japanese women are increasingly embracing non-traditional activities and interests such as computer technology.
A women-only train car, to protect women from sexual harassment by male passengers.
The Sekirankai was a Japanese socialist women's organization active in 1921. Members of an anarchist group established the organization in April 1921. Prominent feminists Yamakawa Kikue and Noe Itō we
Japan's first Labor Day in 1920