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The Women's Volunteer Corps (女子挺身隊, Joshi Teishin-tai) was created in April 1944 as a work group for Japanese women. [1] The official purpose was to give women a chance to serve the Empire of Japan prior to marriage, it was a means to compel women to perform war time labour duties. [ 1 ]
Dai Nippon fujinkai (Greater Japan Women Association or Great Japan Women's Association) was a Japanese women's organization, founded in 1942. [1]The organization was founded when three women's associations: the Aikoku Fujinkai (Patriotic Women's Association, 1901–1942), the Dai-Nippon Rengo Fujinkai (Greater Japan Alliance of Women's Associations, 1931–1942) and the Dai-Nippon Kokubo ...
Women's sports clubs and teams in Japan (4 C, 1 P) Pages in category "Women's organizations based in Japan" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total.
Chifuren (also National League of Regional Women's Organizations or National Federation of Regional Women's Organizations, Zen Nihon chiiki fujin dantai renraku kyōgikai) [1] is one of the largest women's organizations operating in Japan. Chifuren is an umbrella organization of women's groups and the local women's groups or fujinakai. [1 ...
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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 ...
As examples, women represent a mere 10% of the National Diet, Japan's legislative body, and women earn just 60% of the salary of their male counterparts in the workforce. AJWRC grew out of the Asian Women's Association, which was founded in 1977, when gender inequality was even more severe.
Some do it for survival – 20% of people aged over 65 in Japan live in poverty, according to the OECD, compared to an average of 14.2% across the organization’s 38 member countries. Others do ...