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Feminism in Japan, the Glossary

Feminism in Japan began with women's rights movements that date back to antiquity.^[1]

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Social history of Japan

A Doll's House

A Doll's House (Danish and Et dukkehjem; also translated as A Doll House) is a three-act play written by Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen.

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Abenomics

refers to the economic policies implemented by the Government of Japan led by the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) since the December 2012 general election.

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Abortion

Abortion is the termination of a pregnancy by removal or expulsion of an embryo or fetus.

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Abortion in Japan

Abortion in Japan is allowed under a term limit of 22 weeks for endangerment to the health of the pregnant woman, economic hardship, or rape.

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Adultery

Adultery is extramarital sex that is considered objectionable on social, religious, moral, or legal grounds.

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Air raids on Japan

During the Pacific War, Allied forces conducted air raids on Japan from 1942 to 1945, causing extensive destruction to the country's cities and killing between 241,000 and 900,000 people.

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Anarchism is a political philosophy and movement that is against all forms of authority and seeks to abolish the institutions it claims maintain unnecessary coercion and hierarchy, typically including the state and capitalism.

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Ōsugi Sakae

was a prominent Japanese anarchist who was jailed multiple times for his writings and activism.

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Beate Sirota Gordon

Beate Sirota Gordon (October 25, 1923 – December 30, 2012) was an Austrian and American performing arts presenter and women's rights advocate.

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Bluestocking

Bluestocking (also spaced blue-stocking or blue stockings) is a term for an educated, intellectual woman, originally a member of the 18th-century Blue Stockings Society from England led by the hostess and critic Elizabeth Montagu (1718–1800), the "Queen of the Blues", including Elizabeth Vesey (1715–1791), Hester Chapone (1727–1801) and the classicist Elizabeth Carter (1717–1806).

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Byssinosis

Byssinosis.

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Chizuko Ueno

is a Japanese sociologist and Japan's "best-known feminist".

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Civil and political rights

Civil and political rights are a class of rights that protect individuals' freedom from infringement by governments, social organizations, and private individuals.

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Combined oral contraceptive pill

The combined oral contraceptive pill (COCP), often referred to as the birth control pill or colloquially as "the pill", is a type of birth control that is designed to be taken orally by women.

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Comfort women

Comfort women were women and girls forced into sexual slavery by the Imperial Japanese Armed Forces in occupied countries and territories before and during World War II.

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Confucianism

Confucianism, also known as Ruism or Ru classicism, is a system of thought and behavior originating in ancient China, and is variously described as a tradition, philosophy (humanistic or rationalistic), religion, theory of government, or way of life.

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Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women

The Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) is an international treaty adopted in 1979 by the United Nations General Assembly.

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Culture of Japan

The culture of Japan has changed greatly over the millennia, from the country's prehistoric Jōmon period, to its contemporary modern culture, which absorbs influences from Asia and other regions of the world.

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Douglas MacArthur

Douglas MacArthur (26 January 18805 April 1964) was an American military leader who served as General of the Army for the United States, as well as a field marshal to the Philippine Army.

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Edo period

The, also known as the, is the period between 1603 and 1868 in the history of Japan, when Japan was under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate and the country's 300 regional daimyo.

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Eleanor Hadley

Eleanor Martha Hadley (July 17, 1916 – June 1, 2007) was an American economist and policymaker.

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Eugenics

Eugenics is a set of beliefs and practices that aim to improve the genetic quality of a human population.

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Family policy in Japan

Family policy in the country of Japan refers to government measures that attempt to increase the national birthrate in order to address Japan's declining population.

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Feminism

Feminism is a range of socio-political movements and ideologies that aim to define and establish the political, economic, personal, and social equality of the sexes.

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Feudalism

Feudalism, also known as the feudal system, was a combination of legal, economic, military, cultural, and political customs that flourished in medieval Europe from the 9th to 15th centuries.

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Fujin Kōron

(meaning Woman's Review in English) is a Japanese bi-weekly women's magazine published by Chūōkōron-Shinsha.

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was a Japanese writer of novels, short stories and poetry, who has repeatedly been included in the feminist literature canon.

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Fusen Kakutoku Dōmei

The Fusen Kakutoku Dōmei (婦選獲得同盟; FKD), originally named Fujin Sanseiken Kakutoku Kisei Dōmei, was a Japanese women's rights organisation, founded in 1924.

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Geisha

(), also known as (in Kyoto and Kanazawa) or, are female Japanese performing artists and entertainers trained in traditional Japanese performing arts styles, such as dance, music and singing, as well as being proficient conversationalists and hosts. Feminism in Japan and Geisha are social history of Japan.

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Gender Equality Bureau

The was established in 2001 as a division of the Japanese Cabinet Office tasked with planning and coordinating the policies of the Japanese Government pertaining to gender equality.

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Gender inequality in Japan

Even in the modern era, gender inequality remains an issue in Japan. In 2015, the country had a per-capita income of US$38,883, ranking 22nd of the 188 countries, and No.

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Good Wife, Wise Mother

"Good Wife, Wise Mother" is a phrase representing a traditional ideal for womanhood in East Asia, including Japan, China and Korea.

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Henrik Ibsen

Henrik Johan Ibsen (20 March 1828 – 23 May 1906) was a Norwegian playwright and theatre director.

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Hiratsuka Raichō

Hiratsuka Raichō (平塚らいちょう, transliterated らいてう according to the historical kana orthography; born Hiratsuka Haru, 平塚明; February 10, 1886 – May 24, 1971) was a Japanese writer, journalist, political activist, anarchist, and pioneering feminist in Japan.

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House of Peers (Japan)

The was the upper house of the Imperial Diet as mandated under the Constitution of the Empire of Japan (in effect from 11 February 1889 to 3 May 1947).

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Ichikawa Fusae

was a Japanese feminist, politician and a leader of the women's suffrage movement.

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Ichiyō Higuchi

, known by her pen name, was a Japanese writer during the Meiji era.

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International Planned Parenthood Federation

The International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) is a global non-governmental organisation with the broad aims of promoting sexual and reproductive health, and advocating the right of individuals to make their own choices in family planning.

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Itō Noe

was a Japanese anarchist, social critic, author, and feminist.

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Japan Association of Corporate Executives

The is a Japanese professional association of independent leading executives.

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Japan Business Federation

The is an economic organization founded in May 2002 by amalgamation of Keidanren (Japan Federation of Economic Organizations, established 1946; name sometimes used alone as abbreviation for whole organization) and Nikkeiren (Japan Federation of Employers' Associations, established 1948), with Nikkeiren being absorbed into Keidanren.

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Japan Family Planning Association

The Japan Family Planning Association (日本家族計画連盟), also known as the Family Planning Federation of Japan, is the Japanese affiliate of the International Planned Parenthood Federation and is the premier family planning organization in the country.

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Juntendo University

is a private university in Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan.

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Kanoko Okamoto

, born, was the pen-name of a Japanese author, tanka poet, and Buddhist scholar active during the Taishō and early Shōwa periods of Japan.

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Kathy Matsui

Kathy M. Matsui (キャシー・松井, born 1965) is a General Partner of Japan's first ESG-focused global venture capital fund, MPower Partners.

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Koseki

A or family register is a Japanese family registry.

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Kyariaūman

A is a Japanese term for a career woman.

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Los Angeles Times

The Los Angeles Times is a regional American daily newspaper that began publishing in Los Angeles, California in 1881.

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Magical girl

is a subgenre of primarily Japanese fantasy media (including anime, manga, light novels, and live-action media) centered on young girls who possess magical abilities, which they typically use through an ideal alter ego into which they can transform.

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Manifesto

A manifesto is a written declaration of the intentions, motives, or views of the issuer, be it an individual, group, political party, or government.

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Margaret Sanger

Margaret Higgins Sanger (born Margaret Louise Higgins; September 14, 1879September 6, 1966), also known as Margaret Sanger Slee, was an American birth control activist, sex educator, writer, and nurse.

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Meiji era

The was an era of Japanese history that extended from October 23, 1868, to July 30, 1912.

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Meiji Restoration

The Meiji Restoration (Meiji Ishin), referred to at the time as the, and also known as the Meiji Renovation, Revolution, Regeneration, Reform, or Renewal, was a political event that restored practical imperial rule to Japan in 1868 under Emperor Meiji.

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Misako Enoki

is a Japanese feminist, pharmacist, and politician.

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Mitsu Tanaka

is a Japanese feminist and writer, who became well known as a radical activist during the early 1970s.

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Mukden incident

The Mukden incident was a false flag event staged by Japanese military personnel as a pretext for the 1931 Japanese invasion of Manchuria.

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National Diet

The is the national legislature of Japan.

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New Women's Association

The New Women's Association (NWA, also known as New Women's Society 新婦人協会, Shin-fujin kyо̄kai) was a Japanese women's rights organization founded in 1919.

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Occupation of Japan

Japan was occupied and administered by the Allies of World War II from the surrender of the Empire of Japan on September 2, 1945, at the war's end until the Treaty of San Francisco took effect on April 28, 1952.

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OECD

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD; Organisation de coopération et de développement économiques, OCDE) is an intergovernmental organisation with 38 member countries, founded in 1961 to stimulate economic progress and world trade.

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Oku Mumeo

was an important Japanese feminist and politician who served three terms in Japan's Imperial Diet after having been a leader in the early modern women's suffrage movement in Japan.

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Pamphlet

A pamphlet is an unbound book (that is, without a hard cover or binding).

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Patriarchy

Patriarchy is a social system in which positions of dominance and privilege are held by men.

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Personal property

Personal property is property that is movable.

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Politics of Japan

Politics of Japan are conducted in a framework of a dominant-party bicameral parliamentary constitutional monarchy, in which the Emperor is the head of state and the Prime Minister is the head of government and the head of the Cabinet, which directs the executive branch.

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Racialization

Racialization or ethnicization is a sociological concept used to describe the intent and processes by which ethnic or racial identities are systematically constructed within a society.

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Reproductive rights

Reproductive rights are legal rights and freedoms relating to reproduction and reproductive health that vary amongst countries around the world.

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Seitō (magazine)

, also known by its translated title Bluestocking, was a literary magazine created in 1911 by a group of five women: Haru Raichō Hiratsuka, Yasumochi Yoshiko, Mozume Kazuko, Kiuchi Teiko, and Nakano Hatsuko.

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Sekirankai

The Sekirankai (赤瀾会; Red Wave Society) was a Japanese socialist women's organization active in 1921.

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Sexually transmitted infection

A sexually transmitted infection (STI), also referred to as a sexually transmitted disease (STD) and the older term venereal disease (VD), is an infection that is spread by sexual activity, especially vaginal intercourse, anal sex, oral sex, or sometimes manual sex.

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Shidzue Katō

, also published as Shidzue Ishimoto, was a 20th-century Japanese feminist and one of the first women elected to the Diet of Japan, best known as a pioneer in the birth control movement.

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Shinzo Abe

Shinzo Abe (安倍晋三, Hepburn:,; 21 September 1954 – 8 July 2022) was a Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan and President of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) from 2006 to 2007 and again from 2012 to 2020.

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Social norms are shared standards of acceptable behavior by groups.

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Society

A society is a group of individuals involved in persistent social interaction or a large social group sharing the same spatial or social territory, typically subject to the same political authority and dominant cultural expectations.

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Stanford University

Stanford University (officially Leland Stanford Junior University) is a private research university in Stanford, California.

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Stanford University Press

Stanford University Press (SUP) is the publishing house of Stanford University.

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Suffrage

Suffrage, political franchise, or simply franchise is the right to vote in public, political elections and referendums (although the term is sometimes used for any right to vote).

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Taishō era

The was a period in the history of Japan dating from 30 July 1912 to 25 December 1926, coinciding with the reign of Emperor Taishō.

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Tetsu Katayama

was a Japanese politician who was Prime Minister of Japan from 1947 to 1948.

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Tokyo Medical University

Tokyo Medical University is a private medical university located in Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan.

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Toshiko Tamura

was the pen-name of an early modern feminist novelist in Shōwa period Japan.

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United Nations General Assembly

The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA or GA; Assemblée générale, AG) is one of the six principal organs of the United Nations (UN), serving as its main deliberative, policymaking, and representative organ.

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Vietnam War

The Vietnam War was a conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975.

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VTuber

A or is an online entertainer who uses a virtual avatar generated using computer graphics.

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Wage labour

Wage labour (also wage labor in American English), usually referred to as paid work, paid employment, or paid labour, refers to the socioeconomic relationship between a worker and an employer in which the worker sells their labour power under a formal or informal employment contract.

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Washington Naval Conference

The Washington Naval Conference was a disarmament conference called by the United States and held in Washington, D.C., from November 12, 1921, to February 6, 1922.

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Women in Japan

Although women in Japan were recognized as having equal legal rights to men after World War II, economic conditions for women remain unbalanced.

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Women's International War Crimes Tribunal on Japan's Military Sexual Slavery

The Women's International War Crimes Tribunal on Japan's Military Sexual Slavery was a private People's Tribunal organised by Violence Against Women in War-Network Japan (VAWW-NET Japan).

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Women's liberation movement

The women's liberation movement (WLM) was a political alignment of women and feminist intellectualism.

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Women's suffrage

Women's suffrage is the right of women to vote in elections.

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Women's suffrage in Japan

Women's suffrage in Japan can trace its beginnings back to democratization brought about by the Meiji Restoration, with the suffrage movement rising to prominence during the Taisho period.

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World War I

World War I (alternatively the First World War or the Great War) (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918) was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers.

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World War II

World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.

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Yamakawa Kikue

was a Japanese essayist, activist, and socialist feminist who contributed to the development of feminism in modern Japan.

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Yayori Matsui

Yayori Matsui (松井やより Matsui Yayori) (April 12, 1934 – December 27, 2002) was a Japanese journalist and women's rights activist noted for her work to raise awareness of sex slaves and sex tourism in post-war Asia.

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Yosano Akiko

Yosano Akiko (Shinjitai: 与謝野晶子, seiji: 與謝野晶子; 7 December 1878 – 29 May 1942) was the pen-name of a Japanese author, poet, pioneering feminist, pacifist, and social reformer, active in the late Meiji era as well as the Taishō and early Shōwa eras of Japan.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feminism_in_Japan

Also known as Feminism in modern Japan, Feminism in the east: japan's first wave, Japanese feminism, Tokyo Rengo Fujinkai.

, Margaret Sanger, Meiji era, Meiji Restoration, Misako Enoki, Mitsu Tanaka, Mukden incident, National Diet, New Women's Association, Occupation of Japan, OECD, Oku Mumeo, Pamphlet, Patriarchy, Personal property, Politics of Japan, Racialization, Reproductive rights, Seitō (magazine), Sekirankai, Sexually transmitted infection, Shidzue Katō, Shinzo Abe, Social norm, Society, Stanford University, Stanford University Press, Suffrage, Taishō era, Tetsu Katayama, Tokyo Medical University, Toshiko Tamura, United Nations General Assembly, Vietnam War, VTuber, Wage labour, Washington Naval Conference, Women in Japan, Women's International War Crimes Tribunal on Japan's Military Sexual Slavery, Women's liberation movement, Women's suffrage, Women's suffrage in Japan, World War I, World War II, Yamakawa Kikue, Yayori Matsui, Yosano Akiko, Yoshiwara, Yuriko Koike, 1923 Great Kantō earthquake.

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