I have proof that Japan is making progress in women¡¯s empowerment. But it doesn¡¯t just come from the global economic and political agenda priority item known as ¡°Advancing Women¡¯s Empowerment and Gender Equality.¡±

The Group of Seven summit at Ise-Shima was a success for women through random acts of kindness on display, besides the fact that empowering women in Japan and around the world has become a logic-driven position and not just a feel-good emotion.

Empowering women is good for economic development. We should have more capable women in positions of power. It¡¯s not rocket science. It¡¯s sandbox sensibility. But enough about an agenda item. Let me share the unsung women leaders I met.