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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.
Women make up about 30% of the Tokyo assembly, and their presence in town assemblies in urban areas is also growing. On average, female representation in more than 1,740 Japanese local assemblies doubled to 14.5% in 2021 from 20 years ago. There are growing calls for more female voices in politics.
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]
Pages in category "Women government ministers of Japan" The following 36 pages are in this category, out of 36 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. *
Eight years ago, Yuriko Koike became the first woman to lead Tokyo, beating her male predecessor. Multiple women competing for a top political office is still rare in Japan, which has a terrible ...
Category: Japanese women in politics. 16 languages. ... 21st-century Japanese women politicians (103 P) D. Women members of the Diet of Japan (2 C, 1 P) G.
The first women in the Japanese Diet, 1946. In 1890, the first session of the Imperial Diet issues the Law on Assembly and Political Association (shukai oyobi seishaho), which is the first government issued decree banning women from joining political parties. In 1921, the Diet voted to overrule this decree allowing women to attend political ...
This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:21st-century Japanese politicians. It includes Japanese politicians that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent.