Japan ranked last in a recent survey of the ratio of women employed in the nuclear sector among 17 member countries of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.

In 2021, just 15% of Japan's nuclear workforce was comprised of women. Norway had the highest representation of women in the sector at around 60%, while France and Britain both recorded around 24.9%, the average figure for the 17 countries surveyed, according to the report by the Nuclear Energy Agency.

The average percentage of women in Japan who have been promoted stood at around 14%, compared with the overall level of 27.1%.