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Carter Group Viewpoints, Japan Mega Trends, Women Power

Women and 2020

As we moved into 2020, there was much-justified optimism in Japan. In 2019 we had celebrated the enthronement of a new emperor and the promise of a new age to come, called ‘Reiwa’. Furthermore, 2020, with the hosting of the Olympic Games in Tokyo, was to be the year that Japan took its place on the centre stage of world attention.

Changing World of Work, Women Power

Cruel Shoes and Vintage Sexism in Japan

The story involves what’s been dubbed the #KuToo movement—a play on kutsu, the Japanese word for shoes, and kutsuu, the word for pain, politicians with feet firmly placed in mouths, men slipping into high heels, and the kind of vintage sexism Japan is far too known for.

Carter Group Viewpoints, Women Power

What Do Women in Japan Want? – And More Importantly, Why Don’t We Know this Yet?

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 optimistic with only 30% agreeing.

Changing World of Work, Women Power

Japan’s Womenomics: Government and Society Foot-dragging Opens Opportunities for Foreign Companies

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.

Carter Group Viewpoints

Japan’s Women Are Still Trapped in Gender Gap—Free Them and Profit

It really shouldn’t be this way, but the lives and careers of Japan’s highly educated and capable women are still dictated by how the country’s grey patriarchy thinks and acts.