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WORKING WOMEN

Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 22, 2019
Where women see bias, men see a ¡®pipeline¡¯ problem
McKinsey¡¯s enormous new data set shows diverging opinions on what stalls young women¡¯s careers.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Oct 1, 2019
Japan¡¯s labor market is still rigged against women
Despite a push from the government, hiring and promotions work in favor of old men and against women.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Dec 3, 2018
Womenomics: Mend the gap
More Japanese women are working, but many still professionally underachieve.
Japan Times
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Jul 3, 2017
Japanese husbands¡¯ pocket money seen shrinking as mothers gain more respect from kids
Salarymen have taken a pummeling in recent years ¡ª with pay stagnating and rising numbers of working women and mothers eroding their once-dominant position as the family¡¯s breadwinner.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Jun 3, 2017
Chilean wine a hit among Japan¡¯s working women
Japan¡¯s swelling ranks of working women have grape growers 10,000 miles away cheering.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / FOCUS
May 15, 2017
Effect of changes in modern motherhood has economists worried
Motherhood is changing, as are mothers¡¯ working lives ¡ª and those changes have economists concerned.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jun 19, 2016
Why it pays off to hire women as managers
Research suggests that women can be better at making managerial decisions than men, a lesson Japan can benefit from.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 14, 2016
The working women windfall
The world has a $12 trillion incentive to accelerate progress toward achieving gender parity.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jun 7, 2016
Women¡¯s empowerment: The time is now, Japan
While Japan¡¯s GDP growth is declining, the country is experiencing a rise in gross domestic power of the feminine persuasion.
EDITORIALS
Apr 8, 2016
Still a struggle for working women
The corporate glass ceiling remains an obstacle to working women 30 years after the equal employment opportunity law was passed.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Apr 27, 2015
When women can thrive, so will Japan and the world
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is ¡®determined to make Japan a country where opportunities for women abound, and glass ceilings are a thing of the past.¡¯
EDITORIALS
Oct 17, 2014
Promoting women at work
Draft legislation prepared by the Abe administration would require large companies as well as the national and local governments to set targets for promoting women in their organizations, beginning in fiscal 2016.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 24, 2014
Firms revamp menus to tap fruit of Abe¡¯s ¡®womenomics¡¯ pledge
While pundits ponder whether women will answer Prime Minister Shinzo Abe¡¯s call to join the workforce, businesses are betting on an increase in demand for pizza and wine.
EDITORIALS
Jul 30, 2014
Aiming for more women managers
The government and businesses need to get to the bottom of why the gender gap remains so steep in Japan and remove the glass ceiling blocking the rise of women.
EDITORIALS
Jul 19, 2014
Ingrained ideas on gender roles
A recent poll of men and women 20 to 40 years old by a Japanese research institute finds that a surprising 40 percent of the respondents believe husbands should work full time while wives stay at home — despite Prime Minister Shinzo Abe¡¯s push to increase the number of women in the workplace.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Apr 4, 2014
Abe may reduce tax benefits for women
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe¡¯s reflation campaign last year helped draw the most women to work since 1991. He now plans to add a stick to that carrot, scaling back tax benefits for spouses with limited earnings.
Japan weighs regulating Pokemon cards amid trading mania
A Pokemon event is held in Jakarta on July 11
Japan to set up expert working group on accepting foreign nationals
Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara (second from left) addresses a meeting of ministers responsible for policies concerning foreign residents, held at the Prime Minister's Office on Friday.
Head of Swiss euthanasia firm dies after collapsing while ascending Mount Fuji
Around 200,000 people typically scale the 3,776 meter Mount Fuji each year.
Indian brothers make manga debut in Japan
Two Indian brothers made their manga debut in Japan with "Kung Fu Kung Fool" ¡ª an action-comedy series that follows the adventures of a notorious thief and a young boy.
Japan scientists identify clusters of protein believed to trigger Alzheimer¡¯s disease
A team of researchers said they found a ¡°seed¡± that accelerates the amyloid beta accumulation process in the brain, naming it ¡°Peak 1 amyloid beta,¡± as seen in a mouse's brain.
Japan to set up expert working group on accepting foreign nationals
Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara (second from left) addresses a meeting of ministers responsible for policies concerning foreign residents, held at the Prime Minister's Office on Friday.
Inside Toho Archive¡¯s mission to save Japan¡¯s cinematic memory
The goal of restoration is not to artificially upscale but to return the film to the condition it was in ¡°the very first day it appeared in the world,¡± says Nobushige Toshima, president and sales division manager of Toho Archive.
The sci-fi sensibilities of electronic trio Black Boboi
Black Boboi was formed in 2018 when solo artists Julia Shortreed, Utena Kobayashi and Ermhoi came together under Kobayashi¡¯s newly founded label, Bindividual.
A perfect storm: Kaze Fujii fans flock to Fuji Rock
Okayama-born singer-songwriter Kaze Fujii has carved out a distinctive place in Japanese pop since his major-label debut in 2019.
Can Japanese comedy get laughs in English? Yoshimoto Kogyo lets the jokes rip
Wes-P has millions of followers and his viral clips made him recognizable out of Japan.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo¡¯s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo¡¯s ¡®stadium of desire¡¯

Longform

For many people, utility poles and power lines have become such a familiar part of Japan¡¯s landscape that they often go unnoticed.
Why Japan¡¯s utility poles won¡¯t be disappearing anytime soon
By Alex K.T. Martin

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