Commentary / Japan Jun 23, 2021
Can Japan fix the gender gap in its politics?
by Daisuke Akimoto
Currently, only 10% of Diet members in the House of Representatives and around 20% in the House of Councilors are female.
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.
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.
National Apr 26, 2019
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 ...
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 ...
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.
Commentary / Japan Dec 3, 2018
by Richard Solomon
More Japanese women are working, but many still professionally underachieve.
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 ...
Business Oct 4, 2018
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 ...
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.
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.
National / Social Issues Mar 8, 2018
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 ...