Of all managers in Japan only 10% are women, the number for USA is 43% and for Germany, Australia the number is 37%
Luckily the new prime minister Abe has promoted companies to hire more women and to give them better chances for advancing.
My own opinions on this matter:
The problems are many, one thing that wasn't mentioned in the article is that Japanese women probably do not want to work after getting a family (not a scientific result, but personal experience from talking to Japanese women who have just started working). Then there is the context of the language. Japanese language dictates a whole way of speaking for women that differs from men. Basically in official situations (like at the workplace) women are expected to be speak in a polite manner. This creates a paradox for the lady leader. Well on the other hand I'm sure there is some way of speaking Japanese for an assertive lady leader (e.g. speak like a mother). これしなさい!いいわね!
The article says that the reason for women not working in Japan is the "Japanese culture where women traditionally take care of the home and children". However this has been the case for all cultures hasn't it. Also in Finland or the USA some decades ago. So the problem is to figure out how to make the change made in Europe and the Americas. How did the situation change here by the way?
Active feminist movement? Perhaps the core of the problem is that a big amount of Japanese women want to get married and stop working after turning 30?
As I believe there are some Finnish readers for this blog, the article is pasted below :)
from http://www.yle.fi/uutiset/ulkomaat/id64111.html
Japanilaisnaiset törmäävät työelämän lasikattoon | |||||||
Julkaistu 04.07.2007, klo 11.35 (päivitetty 04.07.2007, klo 12.25) | |||||||
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