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Plummeting
birth rates and an ageing population have long been
highlighted as existential threats to the Japanese labour
market. By 2040, demographers suggest the country’s workforce
will be short by at least 11 million people – that’s a hole
the size of the population of the Paris metro area.
The
third crucial pressure point is Japan’s woeful record on
gender equality. It sits near the bottom not just in G7
rankings, but globally. Sarah Parsons notes
that only a profound cultural shift that challenges the way
gender norms are taught from early childhood, and heeds what
young people want, will shift this imbalance and see the
Japanese economy reap the benefits.
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Dale Berning Sawa
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Sarah Parsons, SOAS, University of London
In
the Japanese workplace, women face discrimination, restrictive
behaviour and appearance codes and a lower glass ceiling than
elsewhere. Only a profound cultural shift will change
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