The share of women among major Japanese company executives has risen to 5.1 percent, though the level is still very low by international standards, according to a recent Jiji Press survey. Of the 7,659 board members and other executives at 500 surveyed companies listed on ...
The government plans to ease passport regulations to allow married women to have both their maiden name and family name included on their passports in fiscal 2019.
Satoru Tanaka tentatively pulls from his briefcase a well-thumbed sheet of plain paper, onto which has been sketched three smiling faces along with a simple but astute message: "Daddy's promise," it begins. "Always smile, and if you feel the urge to fight, take a ...
Kasumigaseki Country Club will be stripped of hosting the Tokyo 2020 Olympic golf tournament if it does not allow women to become full members, the International Olympic Committee warned on Thursday. "At some point there has to be a cut-off," IOC Vice President John Coates ...
At France’s request, Tokyo prosecutors have questioned Japan’s Olympic committee president and others over allegations that dubious payments were made to win the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics.
There is a small group of female TV personalities whose claim to fame is that they graduated from the University of Tokyo, the most prestigious institute of higher learning in Japan. Like most TV personalities, these women have no demonstrable talent, and in almost ...
On Dec. 20, an advisory panel assembled by the Prime Minister's Office drafted a final proposal for a bill that has a long-term goal of increasing the country's sagging birthrate. The bill's short-term goal is to promote "marriage activities" among employees of companies and other ...
For the first time, a government survey says that a majority of the public favors women continuing to work after giving birth. The positive result of the survey on women's participation in society is the first since the survey began in 1992. Those approving the idea ...
Japan's efforts to bridge the gender divide have failed to translate into substantial change, with the nation sliding to 111th in a global inequality ranking report released Wednesday. The Global Gender Gap Report 2016, an annual benchmarking exercise by the World Economic Forum (WEF), found ...
Research suggests that women can be better at making managerial decisions than men, a lesson Japan can benefit from.
The world has a $12 trillion incentive to accelerate progress toward achieving gender parity.
Buckling under conservative pressure, the Republican-led House Rules Committee pulled a legislative sleight of hand and stripped a provision from the annual defense policy bill that would have required women between the ages of 18 and 25 to sign up for a military draft. The ...
