Japan Aiming for More Women in Corporate Leadership Roles

Japan aims to put women into 30% of corporate leadership positions by 2020, in a bid to promote economic growth (in part by bringing fresh thinking to stale, male-dominated boards). If a principled approach to fighting sexism won’t work, maybe a consequentialist one. >>>

The gender gap in Japan: Women in the work force [The Economist]

Japan’s prime minister, Shinzo Abe, has a radical plan to boost the economy: increase the pitiful number of women in leadership positions
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