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Japan firms fall woefully short of goals on women in management

Business Oct 14, 2020

Japan firms fall woefully short of goals on women in management

by Tetsushi Kajimoto

About one-fifth of Japanese companies have no female managers and most say women account for less than 10% of management, a Reuters monthly poll found.

Why Japan can't fail womenomics in cybersecurity

Commentary / Japan Aug 27, 2019

Why Japan can't fail womenomics in cybersecurity

by Mayuko Yatsu

Cybersecurity's talent gap is exacerbated by low numbers of women in the field.

Goldman Sachs strategist says Japan is still holding back talented women, 20 years after upbeat report

National Apr 26, 2019

Goldman Sachs strategist says Japan is still holding back talented women, 20 years after upbeat report

by Isabel Reynolds

Working women are playing a bigger role in Japan than Goldman Sachs Group Inc.'s Kathy Matsui thought possible when she penned her first report on womenomics in 1999. Yet the country needs to pick up the pace of change or risk being overtaken by ...

Six years into Abe's womenomics push, women in Japan still struggling to shine

National / Social Issues Mar 8, 2019

Six years into Abe's womenomics push, women in Japan still struggling to shine

by Chisato Tanaka

Six years have passed since Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced plans to create a "Japan in which women can shine," urging more working mothers to take on leadership positions with pride. But as the world marked International Women's Day on Friday, few women have taken ...

Preventing issue fatigue on womenomics

Commentary / Japan Jan 2, 2019

Preventing issue fatigue on womenomics

by Yumiko Murakami

The most critical message that needs to be heard in Japan is that gender equality is an economic issue that helps both men and women live better lives.

Womenomics: Mend the gap

Commentary / Japan Dec 3, 2018

Womenomics: Mend the gap

by Richard Solomon

More Japanese women are working, but many still professionally underachieve.

It pays to listen to the the real needs of women consumers in Japan

Business Nov 9, 2018

It pays to listen to the the real needs of women consumers in Japan

by Yuko Takeo and Emi Urabe

The country's male-dominated businesses are starting to ditch long-held views about what kinds of products women want as female consumers flex their growing spending muscle. While the result — more goods that emphasize the practical rather than the pretty — is the way it's long ...

Moms continue to face hurdles returning to work as Abe wavers on day care and women's empowerment goals

Business Oct 4, 2018

Moms continue to face hurdles returning to work as Abe wavers on day care and women's empowerment goals

by Kurumi Mori, Emi Nobuhiro and Kae Inoue

Two years ago, an online rant about the lack of day care in Japan went viral on social media and seemingly started a movement, prompting working mothers to stage demonstrations in which they demanded the government take them seriously and offer more child care. Since ...

Abe's latest Cabinet reshuffle casts doubt on 'womenomics' policy

National / Politics | ANALYSIS Oct 3, 2018

Abe's latest Cabinet reshuffle casts doubt on 'womenomics' policy

by Tomohiro Osaki

While the prime minister has declared boosting the profile of professional women a top policy priority, Tuesday’s reshuffle reduced the number of female ministers to just one.

Amid labor shortage, record 70% of Japanese women held jobs in August

Business Sep 28, 2018

Amid labor shortage, record 70% of Japanese women held jobs in August

Women have long had fewer opportunities to pursue careers than men because of expectations they will become homemakers or focus on raising children.

U.N. regional director praises Japan's efforts to empower women, but notes that few are reaching the top

National / Social Issues Mar 8, 2018

U.N. regional director praises Japan's efforts to empower women, but notes that few are reaching the top

by Chisato Tanaka

The past five years of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's much-touted "womenomics" measures, aimed at advancing female economic empowerment, have shown clear-cut progress, with about 70 percent of Japanese women and girls aged between 15 to 64 now being employed or seeking jobs. Efforts to further ...

Men still making houses as women try to leave home

National / Media | BIG IN JAPAN Dec 23, 2017

Men still making houses as women try to leave home

by Michael Hoffman

Dogen Ogata's name is known worldwide before he knows it himself. He's 8 months old. One day last month, in all innocence, cradled in his mother's arms, he attended a session of the Kumamoto municipal assembly. Yuka Ogata, 42, is a member of the assembly. ...

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