Nobuko Kobayashi

Japan Inc. should use COVID-19 to end excessive formality

Disruption to office life offers the chance to reset a deeply conservative culture

Gender balance at all levels trumps the peril of 'womenwashing'

Nonconforming minorities need to challenge groupthink

Increased flexibility at the office will allow nation to revalue housework

Increase in background diversity of leadership is a hopeful sign

Popular drama protagonist encourages workaholic mentality

Suga administration needs to tackle fundamental inequities built into the system

Raised awareness brought about by COVID-19 an opportunity for fundamental change

New generation of urban professionals finally contemplate life outside Tokyo

Baby animals are cute but female adults, especially in the workplace, need not be