Gender equality
As we moved into 2020, there was much-justified optimism in Japan. In 2019 we had celebrated the enthronement of a new emperor and...
If a single word could sum up Japan’s gender role rigidity, it’d be kanai. It means “one who remains inside the home,” and is...
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...
