Over half of female business leaders in Japan doubt the country will reach its target of having women occupy 30 percent of top corporate roles by 2030, citing slow shifts in views among its male ...

After becoming the Bank of Japan’s highest-ranking female bureaucrat ever, Tokiko Shimizu is now turning her focus on how to shatter more glass ceilings with a plan to tackle deep-rooted gender ...

The Japan Shogi Association elected its first female president in its 101-year history. Ichiyo Shimizu, 56, who holds a 7-dan “joryu kishi” ranking, was named to succeed 54-year-old Yoshiharu ...

JPMorgan Asset Management Japan has appointed Kaguya Komatsu as Chief Executive Officer, the first time for a woman to get the job, ... JPMorgan AM Japan Appoints Komatsu as First Female CEO.

Japan is the only G7 country other than the U.S. that has never had a female head of government, and some within the party have said such a move could go a long way toward boosting its image.

Despite this remarkable increase in women’s employment in Japan, the female–male wage gap has barely budged and the percentage of managers who are women remains far below the target set by former ...

Japan’s new Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba more than halved the number of women in the cabinet, an indication that increasing female representation in key policymaking positions is likely not one ...

The two main conservative media outlets in Japan are waging a battle for public opinion, after the Yomiuri newspaper broached an idea long held to be taboo and one that breaks from right-wing values.

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The Yomiuri Shimbun warns that the monarchy will be in danger if the nation insists on patrilineal succession. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.