by carterjmrn | Jul 11, 2019 | Changing World of Work, Women Power
Following close on the heels of this blog’s recent May 21 post about Japan’s ongoing gender gap and workplace sexism, let’s get into how women’s footwear may inspire both males and females in the country to step up and give the #MeToo movement in this country some...
by carterjmrn | Jun 26, 2019 | Carter Group Viewpoints, Women Power
In our 2019 CarterJMRN Japan Sentiment Study, we asked 1000 men and women across all 47 prefectures whether they felt that women are making progress toward equality in society. While almost half of the men at 47% felt that this is the case, women were rather less...
by carterjmrn | Jun 18, 2019 | Changing World of Work, Women Power
Before 1985, you could hardly find a Japanese woman in business doing anything more than “office lady” activities: tea serving, copy making, paper filing, etc. As a foreign manager back in the day, I was told not to give them anything outside of that, since they were...
by carterjmrn | Jun 13, 2019 | Carter Group Viewpoints, Uncategorized
The LGBT community of Japan may go somewhat unnoticed by the general public, but that doesn’t mean it hasn’t been making waves in the media. When Liberal Democratic Party member Mio Sugita called homosexual couples “unproductive” and questioned whether it was...