The number of female researchers at private companies and other institutions in Japan reached its highest level ever last year, government data showed, although it remained low by international standards.
As of March 2016, the number stood at 138,420, up 2,214 from a year earlier and accounting for 15.3 percent of the total number of researchers, according to the Internal Affairs and Communications Ministry.
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