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.
Women in Japan were recognized as having equal legal rights to men after World War II. Japanese women first gained the right to vote in 1880, but this was a temporary event limited to certain municipa
A photograph of Japanese women from the book "Japan And Japanese" (1902)
Countess Mutsu Ryōko, wife of notable diplomat Count Mutsu Munemitsu. Photographed in 1888.
Byakuren Yanagiwara, a poet and member of the imperial family.
Chikage Oogi was the first female President of the House of Councillors and the first woman to be awarded the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Paulownia Flowers and the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun.