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WOMENOMICS

COMMENTARY / World
Mar 8, 2016
How South Korea is failing half of its population
Park Geun-hye's failure to act on this $13 billion problem hurts growth in Asia's fourth biggest economy.
JAPAN
Dec 9, 2015
Role models needed for Abe's 'womenomics' to work: panel
Japanese women need more visible female role models in the workplace to reach Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's "womenomics" target of having 30 percent of leadership positions in Japan held by women by 2020, a panel of female business leaders said recently in New York.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 24, 2015
Asia's $89 billion sexism issue
Japan is one of the worst offenders when it comes to sexism. Shinzo Abe needs to prove 'womenomics' is more than tokenism.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Sep 8, 2015
A woman who could revive Japan's fortunes
LDP lawmaker Seiko Noda has some bold ideas on how to revitalize Japan, starting with the better utilization of the women who make up half its population.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Dec 23, 2014
South Korea shows the way on 'womenomics'
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe says he wants to put more women to work to help make up for the country's shrinking population. Yet, of the 1,093 people who ran for office in recent snap elections, a mere 169 were women. Abe might want to study neighboring South Korea.
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Dec 6, 2014
Hot-air Abe can't campaign on 'womenomics'
For a guy with a two-thirds majority in the Diet, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has accomplished remarkably little since 2012.
JAPAN
Nov 24, 2014
Only half of prefectures have set female management quotas
Only around half of the 47 prefectures have set numerical targets for promoting female employees and most fall below Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's stated goal.
EDITORIALS
Oct 27, 2014
Ending maternity harassment
A Supreme Court ruling last week underscores the fact that nearly three decades since the enactment of Japan's law on equal employment opportunities regardless of gender, the nation still lacks effective ways to prevent women from being forced to abandon career paths once they become pregnant.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Oct 24, 2014
Give Abe a break on 'womenomics'
What matters for Japan — after two female ministers resigned this week from Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Cabinet — is not the number of women in the Cabinet, but whether Japanese women get good jobs en masse.
COMMENTARY
Oct 21, 2014
Abe's 'womenomics' is little more than skin deep
The sudden resignations of two female Cabinet ministers over separate spending scandals suggest that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe prefers to appoint warm, telegenic figures to help him sell unpopular policies rather than strong, independent-minded women.
JAPAN / Society
Aug 14, 2014
U.S. report sees challenges in Abe's 'womenomics' empowerment strategy
Japan's strategy for empowering women, now underway as a pillar of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's growth blueprint, faces a host of challenges such as a male-centered political culture and work practices limiting women's career advancement, according to a recent U.S. report.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 16, 2014
More not always better when it comes to child care, CEO warns
The revamped version of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's growth strategy will likely call on companies and state entities to insert more women into senior positions and aim to improve public child care support to shore up Japan's shrinking workforce.
Japan Times
JAPAN / NATIONAL SPOTLIGHT
Jun 15, 2014
'Womenomics' push raises suspicions for lack of reality
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe may be a political hawk who believes Japan can once again become a macho state that can hold its own against regional threats, but as he looks for money and muscle he is turning to an unlikely source: women.
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.
Number of homeless in Japan hits record low
Homeless people sleep on the street in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward in August 2021.
Raising kids in Japan as a single parent? It takes a village.
Making things work as a foreign, single mother in Japan isn't easy, but these tips and tricks can help you through the hardest parts.
JAL cancels international flight after captain gets drunk at Dallas hotel
A Japan Airlines' flight from Dallas to Tokyo was canceled last week after its captain got drunk at a local hotel.
In Japan, regional revitalization fails to halt population decline
Sakiyama elementary school in Tamba, Hyogo Prefecture, in March .Over the past decade, the government has directed efforts toward policies designed to give young people incentives to base themselves in rural areas.
Putin’s war will soon reach Russians’ tax bills
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a meeting in St. Petersburg on Friday.
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.
Casa del Cibo: A thriving jewel born from Tohoku’s harsh past
When chef Ryohei Ikemi moved to Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, and opened Casa del Cibo in 2011, it was the first proper Italian restaurant in the city.
Town to block view of Mount Fuji in response to overtourism
The town government of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, decided to set up a 2.5-meter-high screen to prevent tourists from taking pictures of Mount Fuji looming behind a convenience store.

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