• Women participate in a meeting of Women Who Code Tokyo, an organization for female programmers, on Aug. 25 in Shibuya Ward, Tokyo. The group has members ranging from beginners to IT professionals. | YOSHIAKI MIURA
    Women participate in a meeting of Women Who Code Tokyo, an organization for female programmers, on Aug. 25 in Shibuya Ward, Tokyo. The group has members ranging from beginners to IT professionals. | YOSHIAKI MIURA
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To outsiders, the world of computer programming may seem to be the exclusive domain of male geeks.

Yet with their snacks, laptops and convivial conversation, the members of support group Women Who Code Tokyo are a far cry from the stereotype.

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