What is 'Womenomics'?
We look at Japan's policy to boost its economy by getting more women into the workforce. Ten years since it was first announced, has it worked?
We look at Japan's policy to boost its economy by getting more women into the workforce.
It was announced back in 2013 by former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, and dubbed 'Womenomics'.
Mr Abe gave a deadline of 2020 to significantly increase the number of women in leadership roles. But that date quietly came and went without the target even getting close.
However could things could be starting to change? Japan Airlines new CEO Mitsuko Tottori is a woman, and that has restarted conversations. We hear from her, and from young women in the country about their hopes for the future.
Produced and presented by Mariko Oi
(Image: Mitsuko Tottori, chief executive officer of Japan Airlines Co. Credit: Getty Images)
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