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Unicharm offers sanitary napkin dispensers for free to companies and schools to encourage them to stock menstrual pads in restrooms.
JAPAN / Society
Mar 4, 2026
More workplaces in Japan stocking menstrual pads
Addressing women¡¯s health issues is becoming increasingly important for companies as the number of women in the workforce increases.
Shoko Kizaki, an obstetrician and gynecologist who runs a youth clinic in Yokohama, says she wants to make women's health clinics more accessible.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Dec 28, 2025
Youth clinics aim to address sexual concerns in Japan
As of fiscal 2022, Japan had about 60 such facilities, which provide free or low-cost consultation services.
Menstrual cups are seen as the next growth engine for auto-parts maker GomunoInaki.
BUSINESS
Sep 16, 2025
Toyota supplier shifts gears with menstrual cups in Asian markets
GomunoInaki plans to debut the cups in Singapore and Vietnam by year-end.
A menstrual product dispenser installed in a restroom at the Osaka Healthcare Pavilion during the Osaka Expo.
JAPAN
Aug 21, 2025
Free menstrual products made available in restrooms at Osaka Expo
The effort is part of an Osaka University initiative that aims to address period poverty and raise public awareness.
Unicharm and Toyota Tsusho will together launch a company called Sofy East Africa in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi in December to manufacture and sell sanitary products.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 19, 2025
Unicharm and Toyota Tsusho to set up sanitary goods joint venture in Kenya
The two companies aim to launch the new company, Sofy East Africa, in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi in December.
Associate professor Soko Aoki (right) and her sociology students at Tohoku University have helped compile documents in the recently published ¡°50th Year of Menstrual Products¡± book.
JAPAN / Society / Regional Voices: Tohoku
Mar 31, 2025
Menstruation and gender equality: Student movement revisited 50 years on
As ¡°period poverty¡± has become a social issue, former members of the group have self-published a reference book about their activities.
Obstetrician and gynecologist Song Mihyon
JAPAN / Science & Health
Mar 7, 2025
Doctor urges awareness of a birth control pill covered by health insurance
¡°I think doctors need to tell their patients that a birth control pill covered by health insurance exists,¡± Song Mihyon said.
Wealthier women in the prewar era had been the targets of various media-related health campaigns that mistakenly encouraged them to avoid everything from riding bicycles to reading novels when their monthly cycles came around.
JAPAN / Science & Health / Longform
Mar 7, 2025
Menstruation in Japan: Breaking the silence, slowly
Despite longstanding taboos, evolving attitudes toward women¡¯s health highlight shifting cultural norms.
Former volleyball player Kana Oyama speaks to female athletes during a lecture in January.
MORE SPORTS / Volleyball
Feb 16, 2025
Former volleyball star Kana Oyama gives lecture on athletes¡¯ menstruation
She urged students to consult a gynecologist if they notice any unusual symptoms.
French swimmer Caroline Jouisse (left) has had her training sessions analyzed daily, with the data then examined in relation to her menstrual cycles.
OLYMPICS
Apr 1, 2024
How period tracking could boost performance of female Olympians
France¡¯s National Institute of Sport launched a program in 2020 to track and learn from the menstrual cycles of athletes.
Masaya Shibasaki, 26, an employee of EXEO Group, reacts as he tries the Osaka Heart Cool-developed VR electrical device Perionoid, which simulates menstrual pain, on Thursday.
JAPAN
Mar 8, 2024
Japanese male office workers experience simulated menstrual pain
Companies are required to offer?menstrual leave, but the time off doesn¡¯t have to be paid and around half of female workers never take it.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 14, 2022
Tampon manufacturers working to address reported shortages in U.S.
The average cost of a box of tampons in the U.S. rose 9.8% in the year through May 28, according to NielsenIQ, and 8.3% for a box of pads.
JAPAN
Mar 24, 2022
Some women in Japan struggle to buy menstruation products as pandemic dents finances
Around 8% of women surveyed have struggled to purchase feminine hygiene products due to financial constraints since February 2020, according to a recent study by the health ministry.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / COMMUNITY CHEST
Oct 18, 2021
From the ¡®pink tax¡¯ to political representation, readers sound off on the status of women in Japan
Students from the American School in Tokyo write in to express their concerns on where Japan stands when it comes to participation by women.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Regional Voices: Hiroshima
May 31, 2021
Japan citizens¡¯ groups take on ¡®period poverty¡¯ as municipalities shy away
A survey in the Chugoku region has found an alarming lack of support from local municipalities for handing out sanitary products.
JAPAN
Nov 28, 2019
Outcry prompts Osaka store to rethink badges for menstruating staff
An Osaka department store is reconsidering a plan for employees to wear badges when they¡¯re menstruating, which was originally aimed at fostering sympathy among co-workers but triggered a public outcry.
WORLD
Mar 4, 2019
U.K. launches global fund to tackle stigma of menstruation and end ¡®period poverty¡¯ by 2050
Britain launched a global ¡°period poverty¡± fund and task force on Monday to help all women and girls access sanitary products by 2050 and to tackle the stigma around menstruation.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Feb 7, 2019
Unicode¡¯s new emoji aims to help break bloody taboo surrounding periods
Women and girls will be able to use an emoji to chat about their periods from next month, which will help to end the shame around menstruation, a child rights group said on Wednesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Aug 20, 2018
Misconceptions over contraceptive pills put Japanese women at risk of health issues related to menstruation
Contraceptive pills have been used by countless women around the world to control menstrual cycles since the U.S. Food and Drug Administration first approved them in 1960.
Gut bacteria may be behind many of Â鶹´«Ã½ colorectal cancer cases
A Japanese research team found that a toxin produced by certain E. coli strains, colibactin, caused genetic mutations in nearly half of colorectal cancer cases studied
¡®Total whiplash¡¯: Foreign residents react to Â鶹´«Ã½ changing permanent residency rules
The entrance to the Tokyo Immigration Bureau in Minato Ward, Tokyo, in March. For some foreign residents of Japan, tightening measures for permanent residency have become one factor in a broader calculation over whether remaining in the country makes financial sense over the long term.
She is Russia¡¯s richest woman. Her business empire is going up in flames.
Tatyana Kim, the head and co-founder of Wildberries, speaks about Ukrainian drone attacks on the company's warehouses in the course of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, at an unidentified location, in this still image from a handout video released on July 31.
Severe tropical storm Chan-hom makes landfall near Tokyo
Severe Tropical Storm Chan-hom made landfall around Ibaraki Prefecture, near Tokyo, on Tuesday night.
What Â鶹´«Ã½ language rules for permanent residency should look like
Potential health care workers hoping to find work in Japan take Japanese language instruction in Jakarta. Not all applicants for permanent residency should be expected to reach this level of proficiency.
Forty-five meters down, a diver races to record a fleeting moment of WWII history
Kingo Wakasa photographs the kamikaze plane wing section he discovered at the USS Emmons wreck site.
Ikarigata closer to emulating older brother Fujinokawa than many think
The future Fujinokawa (third from left) and Ikarigata (right) compete against each other at ages 5 and 3, respectively.
Where do foreign residents in Japan want to die?
The Yokohama Foreign General Cemetery is one of the few cemeteries in Japan that allows burials, albeit with conditions for the deceased, including foreign nationality and permanent residency in Kanagawa Prefecture.
¡®Total whiplash¡¯: Foreign residents react to Â鶹´«Ã½ changing permanent residency rules
The entrance to the Tokyo Immigration Bureau in Minato Ward, Tokyo, in March. For some foreign residents of Japan, tightening measures for permanent residency have become one factor in a broader calculation over whether remaining in the country makes financial sense over the long term.
As Â鶹´«Ã½ concrete jungles sizzle, urban forestry offers an all-natural fix
People and birds find relief from the sun in Tokyo's Nakano Ward earlier this month. While experts agree that urban greening is crucial to mitigating the impact of climate change, trees are becoming even more scarce in Japanese cities.

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