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Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 29, 2014
Confidence key to female success, say panelists at Tokyo forum
Women's advances in society are now a "must" in Japan, with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's administration pledging to make every woman shine. But many still find it difficult to break the glass ceiling in a male-dominated society —mainly due to their lack of self-confidence, speakers at a recent Tokyo forum on gender diversity said.
EDITORIALS
Oct 17, 2014
Promoting women at work
Draft legislation prepared by the Abe administration would require large companies as well as the national and local governments to set targets for promoting women in their organizations, beginning in fiscal 2016.
JAPAN
Sep 30, 2014
Government to require companies develop plans to hire, promote women
The Abe administration plans to require that companies with more than 300 employees develop action plans to hire more women and promote more to managerial positions, officials said Tuesday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 24, 2014
Firms revamp menus to tap fruit of Abe's 'womenomics' pledge
While pundits ponder whether women will answer Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's call to join the workforce, businesses are betting on an increase in demand for pizza and wine.
WORLD / Society
Sep 19, 2014
St. Andrews to permit female golfers after vote of members
The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrews in Scotland, home of the rule-setting organization for the sport outside the U.S. and Mexico, will allow female golfers after a vote of its members.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 12, 2014
Abe recommits to 'womenomics'
At an international conference focusing on women, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Friday renewed his pledge to promote the status of women in society.
JAPAN / Society
Sep 2, 2014
Ehime prison remodeled to address space shortage for female inmates
A prison in Ehime Prefecture will start housing women to help address a nationwide shortage of facilities for female convicts, a prison official said. When it opens in November it will be the first such facility in Shikoku.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 12, 2014
Only 7.4 percent of Japanese companies have female leader
Fewer than one in 14 Japanese companies has a female president, a survey has shown, and more than half of the women inherited the role from a relative.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 8, 2014
Women armed with chain saws head to the hills under Abe's growth plan
Junko Otsuka quit her job in Tokyo and headed for the woods, swapping a computer for a bush cutter and her air-conditioned office for the side of a mountain.
EDITORIALS
Jul 30, 2014
Aiming for more women managers
The government and businesses need to get to the bottom of why the gender gap remains so steep in Japan and remove the glass ceiling blocking the rise of women.
JAPAN
Jul 24, 2014
UNDP hails Abe's drive for women
Efforts to raise Japan's dismal female presence in the workforce should generate significant economic gains, the head of the U.N. Development Program says.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 17, 2014
Female workers may finally get foothold
When Prime Minister Shinzo Abe showed up last Sunday for the 19th International Conference for Women in Business, Kaori Sasaki — who has been organizing the gathering to empower women since 1996 — finally felt that society was changing.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 15, 2014
Miyagi teen savors first win at Iwate racetrack
A teenage jockey from Tohoku recently made her professional debut, achieving a long-held dream after having nearly abandoned her career following the 2011 earthquake and tsunami.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 30, 2014
Rakuten exec takes action to help moms
Mie Kurosaka, Rakuten Inc.'s first female executive, returned to work at Japan's biggest online mall operator only three weeks after giving birth in 2002.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 19, 2014
Abe's target for women managers won't be met, say Daiwa, Goldman
Daiwa Securities Group Inc. and Goldman Sachs Japan Co. said they will fall short of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's goal of having women in 30 percent of management jobs by 2020, citing a lack of candidates.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
May 27, 2014
Abe vows to get more women into workforce after dismal global ranking
The prime minister told an audience of female business executives that he is committed to boosting the number of women in the workforce in a bid to help Japan's ailing economy.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 15, 2014
30% female employment goal in jeopardy
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will fail to meet his goal of having women in 30 percent of management positions in the civil service by 2020 unless candidates are lured from private industry, the gender equality minister said in a recent interview.
JAPAN
Apr 15, 2014
Keidanren calls on firms to support women's advancement in the workforce
Keidanren, the nation's largest business lobby, released a proposal to its member firms Monday calling on them to come up with a plan to improve women's advancement in the workforce.
EDITORIALS
Mar 22, 2014
2015 is looking up for female grads
Forty-nine of 100 major companies surveyed in Japan say they are considering hiring more female graduates in 2015 than this year.
Japan Times
JAPAN / CHUBU CONNECTION
Feb 7, 2014
Female scientists push for breakthrough in equality
Recent news that Haruko Obokata of Riken's Center for Developmental Biology found a new way to generate pluripotent cells cast a spotlight on women in the male-dominant field of science.
Biden calls ally Japan ‘xenophobic’ along with rivals China and Russia
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks in Syracuse, New York, on April 25.
Yen swings stir talk that Japan is in the FX market once again
An electronic screen in Tokyo displays the yen exchange rate against the U.S. dollar and the graph showing its recent swings, on Thursday.
Harajuku strives to reclaim its former glory — and surpass it
Laforet Harajuku, which celebrated its 45th anniversary last year, has been a witness to the district's evolution over the years.
Weak yen fattens tourist wallets in Japan
People visit the Ameya Yokocho market in Tokyo's Ueno district during the Golden Week holiday on Tuesday.
Japan's May 1 intervention may have cost ¥3.66 trillion, BOJ data suggests
An electronic screen displays a graph showing Japanese yen exchange rates surging against the dollar amid signs of intervention by authorities, in Tokyo on Thursday.
Kishida sets sights on energy and climate in South America trip
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will use a policy speech in Sao Paulo to set out his vision for ties between Japan and South America, almost 10 years after former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe advocated for stronger ties between the two in the same city.
Yellow sand allergy: A health issue made worse by climate change
A screenshot of the Meteorological Agency's satellite image of clouds and yellow sand (in pink) on Sunday.
Climate change, chalky grains and the risks for Japan’s rice farmers
A farmer plants seedlings in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture. Japan’s self sufficiency rate for rice is nearly 100%, compared with 38% for food overall, on a calorie basis.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
Theaster Gates’ ambitious ‘Afro-Mingei’ brings Black Chicago to Tokyo
Theaster Gates' “A Heavenly Chord” lines up church pews before seven speakers and a Hammond B3 organ, a type of electric organ prevalent in Black American churches.

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