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Report: Japan’s Gender Gap Fails to Improve in 2024
The latest World Economic Forum report on the world’s gender gap shows Japan has failed to make any meaningful progress for several years running.
June 16, 2024
The latest World Economic Forum report on the world’s gender gap shows Japan has failed to make any meaningful progress for several years running.
The 2022 annual Global Gender Gap Report by the WEF ranks Japan’s gender gap at 116 of 145 countries. What accounts for this downward trend?
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As the era of the samurai ended and Japan rushed towards modernization, a rough-scrabble fashion movement called the Bankara rose in opposition.
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