Abe's 'Womenomics' Program Isn't Working

Abe's 'Womenomics' Program Isn't Working

National statistics show that Japanese women are increasingly a presence in the workforce: 63.6 percent of women between 15 and 64 are currently in paid work. International figures show that this is above the average for rich industrial countries, almost the same as in the United States. Closer examination shows that Japanese women occupy lower-paid and part-time jobs. A Japanese woman’s climb up the corporate ladder, not to speak of her arrival in the C-suite, is much more labored. Advocacy group Catalyst found women held 3.1 percent of board seats at leading Japanese companies, compared with 19.2 percent in the United States and 20.8 percent in Canada.

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