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Tokyo’s skyline. Female participation in Japanese politics is among the lowest in the world. Photograph: Yuichi Yamazaki/AFP/Getty Images
Friday, April 07, 2023
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
‘I decided I could do better than them’: the women taking on Japan’s male-dominated politics
The Guardian
Female candidates in the local elections across the country this weekend face one of the world’s toughest glass ceilings Ai Ishimori was teaching Japanese cookery classes in France when she was gripped by an urge to return to her home country. “...
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Photograph: David Mareuil/AP. Japan’s prime minister, Fumio Kishida (front centre), poses with his cabinet in Tokyo. The LDP is fielding just 33 female candidates in elections this month.
Thursday, October 28, 2021
‘It is bullying, pure and simple’: being a woman in Japanese politics
The Guardian
Harassment is common for women who run for office and female MPs comprise just 9.9% of lower house. Mari Yasuda has come to dread checking her social media accounts. While a TV programme has tipped the candidate as “one to watch” in Japan’s general...
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