Only a Crisis Will Make Room for Women Atop Japan’s Ruling Party, Ex-Minister Says
- Inada says environment not right for leadership run this year
- World Bank shows Japan slipping down global gender rankings
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Nothing short of total upheaval could propel a woman to the top of Japan’s long-ruling Liberal Democratic Party, a former Defense Minister said in an interview.
Tomomi Inada’s comments this week came in the wake of an uproar over sexism at the Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee this month. Separately, two new studies underscored how far Japan lags much of the world on gender equality.