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13 Oct 2014

Japan: Efforts to increase women managers

The percentage of managerial positions held by women in Japan is extremely low, at approximately 10 percent. Within the OECD, only Korea is at a lower level (just under 10 percent), whereas the percentage is over 30 in most other OECD countries. The Japanese government has announced its goal of having women in 30 percent of "leadership" positions by 2020, and has stated it will submit legislation to parliament in the autumn of 2014 obligating companies (as well as the civil service) over a certain size to establish public targets in this regard. 

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