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This section includes articles about the impact of gender in the working culture in Japan, in addition to the rising issues of Japan's ageing society causing increasing pressures on elderly care and the nation's decreasing population caused by a low birthrate and fertility rate.
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This section covers the actions and steps taken by the governments of Japan and other countries. This section includes articles about
legislation in Japan dealing with promoting women in business, in addition to articles detailing women in business in other countries. |
The section on gender issues details the problems of gender disparity in the Japanese workplace. This section includes articles about
gender bias in the workplace, problems dealing with harassment, and perspectives outlining the role of men in promoting diversity. |
This section covers the goal of increasing the number of women in high-ranking positions in firms, including articles on female managers and executives, the role of women on boards and management, and opportunities of
career advancement and promotion for women. |
This section covers a wide range of topics concerning working mothers in the workforce such as balancing child care and raising children, various maternity issues, utilizing
flexible working arrangements, and finding ways to outsource household duties. |
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Cultural Environment and Social Issues
Working culture in Japan
- 11/01/2016 - Eurobiz Japan: "The WAA factor"
- 07/12/2016 - Japan Labor Review: "An Analysis of Organizational Factors That Increase Women’s Ambition for Promotion"
- 05/14/2015 - Nikkei Asian Review: "75% of Japanese women not interested in management"
- 04/01/2015 - Japan Labor Review: "Career Interruption of Japanese Women: Why Is It So Hard to Balance Work and Childcare?"
- 01/01/2015 - New York Times: "To Rescue Economy, Japan Turns to Supermom"
- 10/14/2014 - Brookings: "Why Japan Needs a Pivot to Women"
- 08/18/2014 - Bloomberg: "Top Paid Nikkei 225 Female Leader Shows Japan Gender Hurdles"
- 07/29/2014 - Bloomberg: "Japan's Midnight Hours Thwart Abe's Plans for More Working Moms"
- 06/20/2014 - Bloomberg: "In Japan, Men Need to Lean In Further"
- 05/15/2014 - Bloomberg: "Foreign Maids Seen Lifting Japan Moms Over Career Barriers"
- 03/29/2014 - The Economist: "Holding back half the nation"
- 02/2014 - ACCJ Journal: "Uniqueness: When, Where, How Much?"
- 09/06/2013 - Wall Street Journal: "Education Panelist Urges Moms to Quit Jobs, Stay Home"
- 06/18/2013 - Japan Times: "Maternity leave, day care still elude many working mothers"
- 04/07/2013 - Japan Times: "Men cry discrimination as women's status rises"
- Spring 2013 - Japan Labor Review: "An International Comparison of Gender Equality: Why Is the Japanese Gender Gap So Persistent?"
- 03/22/2013 - BBC: "Japan: The worst developed country for working mothers?"
- Winter 2009 - Japan Labor Review: "Why Does Employing More Females Increase Corporate Profits?: Evidence from Japanese Panel Data"
Ageing Society & Elderly Care
Low birthrate & Fertility rate in Japan
- 09/08/2016 - IBA: "Population crisis: can Japan lead the way in finding a solution?"
- 01/20/2015 - Bloomberg: "Making Babies Makes a Comeback"
- 06/11/2014 - Bloomberg: "Japan's Abe is the World's Best Leader"
- 03/22/2013 - BBC: "Japan: The worst developed country for working mothers?"
Government Responses
Legislation
- 06/13/2016 - Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare: 2017 Amendment of Child Care and Family Care Leave Act
- 04/01/2016 - Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare: 2016 Law to Promote Women in the Workplace
- 08/22/2014 & 10/23/2014 - Financial Services Agency: 2014 Amendment of Cabinet Office Ordinance on Disclosure of Corporate Affairs
ex-japan responses
- 02/27/2017 - IR Magazine: "US progress on board diversity lagging, study finds"
- 02/2017 - PwC: "Women in Work Index"
- 02/2016 - Petersen Institute: "Is Gender Diversity Profitable? Evidence from a Global Survey"
- 2015-2016 - PWC: "Millennials Survey"
- 11/2014 - APEC: "女性活躍推進企業５０選 "
- 06/2014 - ACCJ Journal: "The Value of a More Feminine Approach"
- 03/07/2014 - Bloomberg: "Asian Women Should Lean In -- Toward Norway"
- 03/06/2014 - Wall Street Journal: "The glass-ceiling index"
- Spring 2013 - Japan Labor Review: "An International Comparison of Gender Equality: Why Is the Japanese Gender Gap So Persistent?"
Issues Regarding Gender
Workplace gender bias
- 10/23/2017, Smart Brief: "Shedding the armor: Why feminine leadership is good for your business"
- 03/20/2017 - Fast Company: "How Women Can Talk Themselves Out of Speech-Based Gender Biases"
- 01/01/2017 - Japan Times: "More women taking up farming in Japan"
- 10/28/2016 - KPMG: "She's Price(d)less: The Economics of the Gender Pay Gap"
- 05/30/2015 - Goldman Sachs: "Womenomics 4.0: Time to Walk the Talk"'
- 04/01/2015 - Japan Labor Review: "Career Interruption of Japanese Women: Why Is It So Hard to Balance Work and Childcare?"
- 01/01/2015 - New York Times: "To Rescue Economy, Japan Turns to Supermom"
- 10/14/2014 - Brookings: "Why Japan Needs a Pivot to Women"
- 08/18/2014 - Bloomberg: "Top Paid Nikkei 225 Female Leader Shows Japan Gender Hurdles"
- 07/29/2014 - Bloomberg: "Japan's Midnight Hours Thwart Abe's Plans for More Working Moms"
- 04/21/2014 - Ministry of Foreign Affairs: "Establishment of Gender Mainstreaming Division, Foreign Policy Bureau"
- 03/29/2014 - The Economist: "Holding back half the nation"
- 12/2013 - The Atlantic: "How Women Change Men"
- 11/19/2013 - Wall Street Journal: "Saluting Firms That Are Fairer to Women"
- 11/14/2013 - Salon: "Prada, suicide and sexual harassment: A whistle-blower speaks out"
- 09/06/2013 - Wall Street Journal: "Education Panelist Urges Moms to Quit Jobs, Stay Home"
- 09/05/2013 - The Atlantic: "The Real Reason Why Women Are Leaving Wall Street"
- 08/23/2013 - New York Times: "Japan’s Women to the Rescue"
- Spring 2013 - Japan Labor Review: "An International Comparison of Gender Equality: Why Is the Japanese Gender Gap So Persistent?"
- Spring 2013 - Japan Labor Review: "Equal Employment Opportunity Act and Work-Life Balance: Do Work-Family Balance Policies Contribute to Achieving Gender Equality?"
- 01/26/2013 - JALT: "Gender Stereotypes and Children's Literature"
- 05/04/2012 - Forbes: "Why Jack Welch Is Spectacularly Stupid When It Comes To Women"
- 06/2011 - Harvard Business Review: "Defend Your Research: What Makes a Team Smarter? More Women"
Harassment
- 01/31/2017 - Japan Times: "A woman's lowly place in Japan, mirrored in its language"
- 01/07/2017 - Japan Times: "Are female scholars taken seriously in Japan?"
- 06/20/2014 - Bloomberg: "In Japan, Men Need to Lean In Further"
- 11/14/2013 - Salon: "Prada, suicide and sexual harassment: A whistle-blower speaks out"
- 04/07/2013 - Japan Times: "Men cry discrimination as women's status rises"
- 01/26/2013 - JALT: "Gender Stereotypes and Children's Literature"
role of men in promoting diversity
- 05/02/2017 - The Washington Post: "On this list of the 50 best places to work for new dads, Netflix leads the pack"
- 01/10/2017 - Japan Labor Review: "Current Issues regarding Family Caregiving and Gender Equality in Japan: Male Caregivers and the Interplay between Caregiving and Masculinities"
- 03/05/2015 - Grant Thornton: "Women in business: the path to leadership"
- 11/12/2014 - Wall Street Journal: "Women at Work: A Guide for Men"
- 11/2014 - APEC: "女性活躍推進企業５０選 "
- 10/24/2014 - Malay Mail: "Give Japan's Abe some credit for women in workforce"
- 10/14/2014 - Brookings: "Why Japan Needs a Pivot to Women"
- 06/08/2014 - EuroPacifica: "Recommendations on Women in the Labor Force"
- 06/2014 - ACCJ Journal: "The Value of a More Feminine Approach"
- 03/29/2014 - The Economist: "Holding back half the nation"
- 03/07/2014 - Bloomberg: "Asian Women Should Lean In -- Toward Norway"
- 12/2013 - The Atlantic: "How Women Change Men"
- 05/22/2013 - Japan Times: "Why Abenomics hurts women"
- 04/07/2013 - Japan Times: "Men cry discrimination as women's status rises"
- 03/22/2013 - BBC: "Japan: The worst developed country for working mothers?"
Womenomics
Female Managers & Executives
- 03/08/2017 - Financial Times: "Financial Times Report on Women in Business"
- 03/2017 - Grant Thornton: "Women in business - new perspective on risk and reward"
- 02/2016 - Petersen Institute: "Is Gender Diversity Profitable? Evidence from a Global Survey"
- 11/2014 - APEC: "女性活躍推進企業５０選 "
- 07/29/2014 - Bloomberg: "Japan's Midnight Hours Thwart Abe's Plans for More Working Moms"
- 02/27/2014 - Forbes: "Asia's Women In the Mix: Sakie Fukushima On Gender Adversity In Japan"
- 10/24/2013 - Bloomberg: "Jail Time No Bar To Tea-Server Turned Top Woman Bureaucrat"
- 09/05/2013 - The Atlantic: "The Real Reason Why Women Are Leaving Wall Street"
- Spring 2013 - Japan Labor Review: "Equal Employment Opportunity Act and Work-Life Balance: Do Work-Family Balance Policies Contribute to Achieving Gender Equality?"
- 01/26/2013 - New York Times: "She's (Rarely) the Boss"
Women on Boards & management
- 02/2016 - Petersen Institute: "Is Gender Diversity Profitable? Evidence from a Global Survey"
- 05/30/2015 - Goldman Sachs: "Womenomics 4.0: Time to Walk the Talk"
- 05/14/2015 - Nikkei Asian Review: "75% of Japanese women not interested in management"
- 04/24/2015 - Bloomberg: "When Women Thrive, So Will the World"
- 03/05/2015 - Grant Thornton: "Women in business: the path to leadership"
- 11/12/2014 - Wall Street Journal: "Women at Work: A Guide for Men"
- 11/2014 - APEC: "女性活躍推進企業５０選 "
- 10/24/2014 - Malay Mail: "Give Japan's Abe some credit for women in workforce"
- 10/14/2014 - Brookings: "Why Japan Needs a Pivot to Women"
- 08/18/2014 - Bloomberg: "Top Paid Nikkei 225 Female Leader Shows Japan Gender Hurdles"
- 03/29/2014 - The Economist: "Holding back half the nation"
- 03/06/2014 - Wall Street Journal: "The glass-ceiling index"
- 02/14/2014 - Japan Times: "Honda Taps Woman to Board, Promotes Foreigner"
- 11/19/2013 - Wall Street Journal: "Saluting Firms That Are Fairer to Women"
- 11/03/2013 - Japan Times: "Trading house exec stakes claim for women"
- 10/24/2013 - Bloomberg: "Jail Time No Bar To Tea-Server Turned Top Woman Bureaucrat"
- 09/05/2013 - The Atlantic: "The Real Reason Why Women Are Leaving Wall Street"
- 08/23/2013 - New York Times: "Japan’s Women to the Rescue"
- 07/02/2012 - Harvard Business Review: "Power Play Strategies for Women"
- 05/02/2012 - Big Think: "It's Time to Get on Board: Why We Need More Women Directors"
- Winter 2009 - Japan Labor Review: "Why Does Employing More Females Increase Corporate Profits?: Evidence from Japanese Panel Data"
Career Advancement, Management, & promotion for women
- 03/2017 - PwC: "Winning the fight for female talent"
- 07/12/2016 - Japan Labor Review: "An Analysis of Organizational Factors That Increase Women’s Ambition for Promotion"
- 10/2015 - ACCJ Journal: "Strategy at Work"
- 05/30/2015 - Goldman Sachs: "Womenomics 4.0: Time to Walk the Talk"
- 05/14/2015 - Nikkei Asian Review: "75% of Japanese women not interested in management"
- 05/2015 - PWC: "Female millennials in financial services"
- 04/24/2015 - Bloomberg: "When Women Thrive, So Will the World"
- 03/2015 - McKinsey: "How a private-sector transformation could revive Japan"
- 11/12/2014 - Wall Street Journal: "Women at Work: A Guide for Men"
- 11/2014 - APEC: "女性活躍推進企業５０選 "
- 08/18/2014 - Bloomberg: "Top Paid Nikkei 225 Female Leader Shows Japan Gender Hurdles"
- 06/08/2014 - EuroPacifica: "Recommendations on Women in the Labor Force"
- 04/21/2014 - Ministry of Foreign Affairs: "Establishment of Gender Mainstreaming Division, Foreign Policy Bureau"
- 03/17/2014 - The Atlantic: "How to Succeed Professionally by Helping Others"
- 02/14/2014 - Japan Times: "Honda Taps Woman to Board, Promotes Foreigner"
- 02/2014 - ACCJ Journal: "Uniqueness: When, Where, How Much?"
- 12/2013 - The Atlantic: "How Women Change Men"
- 11/19/2013 - Wall Street Journal: "Saluting Firms That Are Fairer to Women"
- 11/05/2013 - New York Times: "Outsource Your Way to Success"
- 11/03/2013 - Japan Times: "Trading house exec stakes claim for women"
- 11/2013 - ACCJ Journal: "Fake it until you make it: Feign confidence until you feel naturally more powerful"
- 10/24/2013 - Bloomberg: "Jail Time No Bar To Tea-Server Turned Top Woman Bureaucrat"
- 05/22/2013 - Japan Times: "Why Abenomics hurts women"
- 04/2013 - PWC: "PwC's nextgen: A global generational study"
- 01/26/2013 - New York Times: "She's (Rarely) the Boss"
- 07/02/2012 - Harvard Business Review: "Power Play Strategies for Women"
- 06/2011 - Harvard Business Review: "Defend Your Research: What Makes a Team Smarter? More Women"
- 02/2008 - Harvard Business Review: "How Star Women Build Portable Skills"
Working Mothers
Child care, daycare facilities, & Raising children
- 01/10/2017 - Japan Labor Review: "Current Issues regarding Family Caregiving and Gender Equality in Japan: Male Caregivers and the Interplay between Caregiving and Masculinities"
- 09/08/2016 - IBA: "Population crisis: can Japan lead the way in finding a solution?"
- 05/15/2015 - New York Times: "Mounting Evidence of Advantages for Children of Working Mothers"
- 04/30/2015 - Herbert Smith Freehills: "Japan: Focus on helping employees raise their children"
- 04/24/2015 - Bloomberg: "When Women Thrive, So Will the World"
- 04/01/2015 - Japan Labor Review: "Career Interruption of Japanese Women: Why Is It So Hard to Balance Work and Childcare?"
- 03/05/2015 - Grant Thornton: "Women in business: the path to leadership"
- 01/01/2015 - New York Times: "To Rescue Economy, Japan Turns to Supermom"
- 08/18/2014 - Bloomberg: "Top Paid Nikkei 225 Female Leader Shows Japan Gender Hurdles"
- 06/20/2014 - Bloomberg: "In Japan, Men Need to Lean In Further"
- 06/11/2014 - Bloomberg: "Japan's Abe is the World's Best Leader"
- 05/15/2014 - Bloomberg: "Foreign Maids Seen Lifting Japan Moms Over Career Barriers"
- 05/01/2014 - Foreign Affairs Magazine: "Japan's Change Generation"
- 03/29/2014 - The Economist: "Holding back half the nation"
- 08/23/2013 - New York Times: "Japan’s Women to the Rescue"
- 07/19/2013 - NPR: "Will Robot Nannies Save Japan's Economy?"
- 05/22/2013 - Japan Times: "Why Abenomics hurts women"
- Spring 2013 - Japan Labor Review: "An International Comparison of Gender Equality: Why Is the Japanese Gender Gap So Persistent?"
- 03/22/2013 - BBC: "Japan: The worst developed country for working mothers?"
- 01/2011 - CSIS: "Spatial Mismatch of Children in Tokyo"
maternity issues
- 04/01/2015 - Japan Labor Review: "Career Interruption of Japanese Women: Why Is It So Hard to Balance Work and Childcare?"
- 01/01/2015 - New York Times: "To Rescue Economy, Japan Turns to Supermom"
- 11/12/2014 - Wall Street Journal: "Women at Work: A Guide for Men"
- 07/29/2014 - Bloomberg: "Japan's Midnight Hours Thwart Abe's Plans for More Working Moms"
- 06/20/2014 - Bloomberg: "In Japan, Men Need to Lean In Further"
- 06/18/2013 - Japan Times: "Maternity leave, day care still elude many working mothers"
- Spring 2013 - Japan Labor Review: "Equal Employment Opportunity Act and Work-Life Balance: Do Work-Family Balance Policies Contribute to Achieving Gender Equality?"
flexible working arrangements
- 11/01/2016 - Eurobiz Japan: "The WAA factor"
- 05/14/2015 - Nikkei Asian Review: "75% of Japanese women not interested in management"
- 05/2015 - PWC: "Female millennials in financial services"
- 03/04/2015 - PWC: "Female millennials are the most confident and ambitious of any female generation - New PwC survey dispels myths about women and work"
- 01/20/2015 - Bloomberg: "Making Babies Makes a Comeback"
outsourcing household duties
- 04/04/2017 - Dow Jones Newswires: "The Latest Perk to Keep Mothers at Work"
- 05/15/2014 - Bloomberg: "Foreign Maids Seen Lifting Japan Moms Over Career Barriers"
- 03/07/2014 - Bloomberg: "Asian Women Should Lean In -- Toward Norway"
- 07/19/2013 - NPR: "Will Robot Nannies Save Japan's Economy?"
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Women in Business ToolkitBuilding on the 2016 Women in Business White Paper, Untapped Potential, this survey provides examples of concrete business initiatives to increase the number of women in management and leadership roles in Japan.
日本で管理職、指導的地位にある女性を増やす為の具体的な企業の取組みを2016年ウィメン・イン・ビジネス白書に沿って紹介
Women in Business White PaperUntapped Potential: A Collaborative Blueprint for Achieving the Japanese Government's "2020/30" Overall Target of Women Holding 30 Percent of Management and Leadership Positions by 2020
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