Only 36.6 percent of single women between 18 and 34 believe married ... Takumi Fujinami, an advanced senior economist with the Japan Research Institute Ltd., described the results as “shocking.” ...

In 2023, women occupied just 8.3 percent of senior positions in private corporations in Japan, and among the top 1,643 firms listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange’s prime market in 2024 ...

This series explores topics surrounding women who began their careers in Japan around the time of the implementation of equal opportunities employment legislation in the mid-1980s. With many now ...