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Friday, August 18, 2023
Japanese political parties boosting support for female candidates
The Japan Times
Political parties are boosting support for female candidates as part of preparations for the next election for the House of Representatives. The parties hope to win the support of independent voters by demonstrating their commitment to increasing...
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Wednesday, June 21, 2023
Japan falls nine positions to 125th in WEF gender gap report
The Japan Times
Japan has fallen in the global gender gap rankings, coming in nine positions lower than last year at 125th out of 146 countries, according to a World Economic Forum report released Wednesday. Click here to read the full article published by The...
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Female local politicians exchange opinions with Seiko Noda, left in the back row, state minister in charge of gender equality, in Tokyo in May 2018. (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
Thursday, July 07, 2022
Japan: Local assemblies identify barriers that stop women entering politics
The Asahi Shimbun
Local politicians across Japan feel that more needs to be done to help women enter and remain in politics, from combatting sexual harassment to beefing up maternity leave policies, according to a new survey. And assemblymen pointed to another...
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Japan still far from breaking free of male-dominated politics (The Mainichi)
Thursday, July 07, 2022
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
Japan still far from breaking free of male-dominated politics
The Mainichi
It's been four years since the gender parity law was passed in Japan, with an aim of fielding an equal number of female and male candidates in elections. Still, the male-dominated political environment has not changed. Women make up 33.2% of all...
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Japan's Lower House to survey gender equality in Diet - NHK
Monday, May 16, 2022
Japan's Lower House to survey gender equality in Diet
NHK
Japan's Lower House of the Diet plans a questionnaire on women's participation in politics as the country largely lags behind in female representation in national parliaments. In Japan, female lawmakers account for only 9.7 percent of all those...
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arumi Yoshida from opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan celebrates her victory over a Liberal Democratic Party heavyweight Nobuteru Ishihara after the Lower House election on Sunday night in Tokyo. | KYODO - Japan Times
Monday, November 01, 2021
Japan: "Fewer women elected in Lower House poll despite empowerment law"
The Japan Times
In Sunday's general election, 45 women were elected to the 465-seat House of Representatives, down two from the previous contest in 2017, despite a law promoting female participation in the political field, data showed Monday. While the election was...
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PHOTO: EPA-EFE, The Straits Times. People walk past posters of political parties leaders in Tokyo, on Oct 19, 2021. More than 1,000 candidates are running for the election but only 186 are female.
Thursday, October 28, 2021
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
Japan’s election unlikely to bring more representation for women
Bloomberg
Less than a fifth of candidates in Japan’s upcoming election are female, unchanged from the last vote four years ago, indicating the percentage of women in one of the world’s most male-dominated parliaments is unlikely to increase. More than 1,000...
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Lawmaker Sanae Takaichi speaks at a news conference to announce her running in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party leadership race to succeed outgoing Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga in Tokyo on Sept. 8. | REUTERS
Wednesday, September 22, 2021
Japan takes step toward first female leader as two women run
Japan Times
Two women are in contention to become prime minister of Japan for the first time in its history — a potential turning point for a country that ranks below Saudi Arabia in terms of female political representation. Victory for either Seiko Noda and...
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Candidates for the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's presidential election pose with slogans written in kanji prior to a debate at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on Saturday. | POOL / VIA REUTERS
Wednesday, September 22, 2021
Japan: Women make headlines in LDP race, but true empowerment a long way off
Japan Times
Two women have entered the race for the leadership of Japan’s ruling party for the first time in its 66-year history, putting in the spotlight both the strides taken and the hurdles that still face female politicians in a country that lags far...
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Toshihiro Nikai (C), secretary general of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, speaks at a meeting with female lawmakers of the party on March 15, 2021, at the party headquarters in Tokyo. (Kyodo)
Wednesday, June 16, 2021
Japanese parties vie to boost number of female lawmakers ahead of polls
Kyodo
TOKYO – Japanese political parties are competing with each other to promote female candidates ahead of a lower house election that must be held by this fall, but some worry that, like similar efforts before, the initiative may be more sloganeering...
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Friday, December 18, 2020
Japan councilwomen says ouster shows gender bias in politics
Startribune
A councilwoman who was ousted from the town assembly in a famous Japanese hot springs resort after accusing the mayor of sexual assault said Friday her case highlights the problems of male-dominated small town politics in which women are often...
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Civic group members (L) submit a petition requesting more female representation among parliamentary candidates to ruling party lawmaker Seiko Noda (C) on Oct. 8 in Tokyo. (Kyodo)
Monday, December 07, 2020
Japan eyes 35% quota for women political candidates by 2025
Kyodo News
TOKYO - Japan will aim for a 35 percent quota for female parliamentary candidates by 2025, Cabinet Office officials have said, hoping that setting a concrete target will advance gender equality in the political realm. Japan, which lags on the global...
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Monday, October 26, 2020
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
Japan has so few women politicians that when even one is gaffe-prone, it's damaging
CNN
Last month, Japanese lawmaker Mio Sugita caused outrage on social media when she said that some women lie about sexual assaults. "Women can tell as many lies as they want," Sugita was reported to have said at a ruling party parliamentary meeting on...
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Wednesday, October 07, 2020
Japanese lawmaker’s comments on sexual assault spark calls for more female representation in politics
NHK
A Japanese lawmaker has apologized for claiming that women can lie about sexual assault. The comments sparked an online petition and have led to calls for increased diversity in the country’s male-dominated politics. Sugita Mio, a member of the main...
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Thursday, September 24, 2020
Japan is a 'democracy without women', says ruling party MP
The Guardian
A prominent member of Japan’s ruling party has described the country’s politics as “democracy without women”, days after the new prime minister appointed just two female MPs to his cabinet. Tomomi Inada, a former defence minister from the governing...
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Wednesday, July 01, 2020
Japan to focus on female empowerment, support for single mothers
Kyodo News
The Japanese government adopted Wednesday a set of policies on women, focusing on promoting their empowerment in the business and political arenas and helping single mothers secure child support from divorced husbands. The policies stated that...
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Thursday, August 15, 2019
Japan’s upper house is no place for a woman
Foreign Affairs
It should be no surprise that Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has declared gender equality to be one of his main priorities. Japan ranks 125 out of 149 countries in measures of female political empowerment and 117 in measures of economic...
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Monday, July 22, 2019
Japan election: Surge of women candidates could reshape male-dominated parliament
CNN
One of the world's most unequal parliaments could be about to get a lot more female, or ... maybe not. Voting is underway in Japan's general election, where a record number of women are running for office to fill 124 of the 245 seats in the upper...
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