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  2. Women in Japan - Wikipedia

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    Women in Japan were recognized as having equal legal rights to men after World War II. Japanese women first gained the right to vote in 1880, but this was a temporary event limited to certain municipalities, [6] [7] and it was not until 1945 that women gained the right to vote on a permanent, nationwide basis. [8]

  3. Gender inequality in Japan - Wikipedia

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    The Japanese prioritization of seniority hurts the women who want to have children first, as promotions will be awarded much later in life. The number of women in upper-level positions (managers, CEOs, and politicians, and the like) is rather low. Women only make up 3.4 percent of seats in Japanese companies' board of directors. [40]

  4. Feminism in Japan - Wikipedia

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    While women's advocacy has been present in Japan since the nineteenth century, aggressive calls for women's suffrage in Japan surfaced during the turbulent interwar period of the 1920s. Enduring a societal, political, and cultural metamorphosis, Japanese citizens lived in confusion and frustration as their nation transitioned from a tiny ...

  5. Japan's women sailors serve on frontline of gender equality - AOL

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    ABOARD JS KAGA, Oct 10 - Women serving on Japan's biggest warship, the Kaga, are a tight-knit group on the frontline of a push to transform the Japanese navy into a mixed-gender fighting force ...

  6. New Women's Association - Wikipedia

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    The New Women's Association (NWA, also known as New Women's Society [1] 新婦人協会, Shin-fujin kyōkai) was a Japanese women's rights organization founded in 1919. [2] The organization strove to enhance women's rights in the areas of education, employment, and suffrage. [3]

  7. Japan’s elderly are lonely and struggling. Some women ... - AOL

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    The women in Tochigi live behind bars and must work in the prison’s factories, but that suits some just fine. ... Across Japan, the number of prisoners aged 65 or older nearly quadrupled from ...

  8. List of female cabinet ministers of Japan - Wikipedia

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    The current Cabinet of Japan, Ishiba Cabinet has 18 male officers including Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and 2 female officers, Toshiko Abe and Junko Mihara. denotes the first female minister of that particular department.

  9. Women's suffrage in Japan - Wikipedia

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    Women voting in Japan during the Taishō period. Feminists began to oppose both the exclusive provision of civil rights for men and the exclusion of women from politics. Women in Japan were prohibited, by law, from joining political parties, expressing political views, and attending political meetings.