A participant holds a banner at a march to call for gender equality and protest against gender discrimination on International Women’s Day in Tokyo on March 8, 2022. (Reuters photo)
TOKYO: Despite decades of promises that women would have the chance to “shine” in Japan’s corporate and political worlds, the country lags behind other industrialised nations in gender equality.
Japan’s financial services watchdog is introducing a new regulation designed to encourage companies to employ more women in senior management positions, although women are divided on whether the change will have an impact on the nation’s male-dominated business world.
The Financial Services Agency will require firms listed on the stock…
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