Only a handful of women are in leadership positions. Just 9 percent of Japanese managers are female, compared with 43 percent in the U.S. In 2003, Abe set a goal of increasing that to 30 percent by 2020, but in December his administration announced it was slashing the target in half. As policymakers struggle to find solutions, young women are realizing they are now responsible for both raising the birthrate and expanding the shrinking labor force.
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