Japan ranked 165th out of 193 countries for its percentage of female politicians holding seats in lower or single parliamentary chambers, a report by the Geneva-based Inter-Parliamentary Union shows.
The updated data for 2018, released just ahead of International Women's Day on March 8, showed that only 47 of Japan's 463 lawmakers, or 10.2 percent, were women, as of Jan. 1, 2019.
That's the lowest percentage among the Group of 20 nations and a seven place drop from the previous year, when the nation was also the lowest in the G20 for its percentage of female lower-house lawmakers.