Gender differences are considerable in Japan, despite women’s high level of education and participation in working life.
Prime Minister of Japan Fumio Kishida wants to increase the number of women in the management of large Japanese companies to 30 percent by 2030.
Currently, only 11.4 percent of the directors of large listed Japanese companies are women.
The number has increased in recent years, but is still too small, according to Kishida.
The goal focuses on those Japanese companies that are listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange’s Prime market, i.e., in practice, the country’s largest listed companies.
Kishida believes that increasing diversity will help increase innovation and thus benefit the Japanese economy.
Kishidan also wants to increase the number of permanent employment relationships among women. Many women in Japan have a part-time job, because they take care of children at the same time.
Gender differences are considerable in Japan, despite women’s high level of education and participation in working life.
This is revealed by the World Economic Forum From the Global Gender Gap report (you go to another service)where Japan ranked 116th out of 146 countries.