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24 Mar 2022

Author:
Kaori Kaneko & Takahiko Wada, Reuters

Japan: Govt. considers requiring companies to release gender wage gap as early as 2023

"Japan considering mandatory disclosure of gender wage, female manager ratio - sources" 24 March 2022

Japan is considering requiring companies' annual reports to disclose average wages by gender and the ratio of female managers, said two people with direct knowledge of the matter, as it seeks to close the pay gap between men and women.

The mandatory rule could be implemented as early as the fiscal year beginning in April 2023, the people said.

The move would be part of Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's push to narrow income disparities and achieve more equal distribution of wealth for a sustainable economic recovery.

The government is also considering having firms disclose the ratio of male workers on childcare leave, said the sources [...].

"The wage gap between men and women is an economic and financial problem, and the premier has a sense of crisis about it," a third government official said.

"Other countries are moving at a tremendous speed. Japan has to go about three times as fast as before (to catch up)", said the official.

A panel overseen by the watchdog Financial Services Agency, aims to draw up a report on the measures this spring.

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The average salary for women who work full-time was 251,800 yen ($2,083) a month in 2020 - not quite 75% of the 338,800 yen earned by men, according to health ministry data.

In Japan, listed firms are required to submit securities reports within three months of the financial year end, with many of them settling their accounts in March. ($1=120.90 yen)