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Daily Brief ESG: Japan’s Gender Gap Index Remains Low. Power to Change the Existing Structure Is Still Invisible. and more

In today’s briefing:

  • Japan’s Gender Gap Index Remains Low. Power to Change the Existing Structure Is Still Invisible.

Japan’s Gender Gap Index Remains Low. Power to Change the Existing Structure Is Still Invisible.

By Aki Matsumoto

  • In the area of politics, where there is a noticeable lag, there is a system in the electoral system that actually discourages aspiring politicians from becoming politicians.
  • The social structure of male dominance is nothing more than maintenance of that structure by groups with vested interests, and risk exists that sensitivity to new values will be dulled.
  • Without the forces at work to change existing social structures, the gender gap index isn’t expected to change much next year, but so far we don’t see such forces now.

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