Asia's menopause challenge: The economic case for better female health

For International Women's Day 2024, Nikkei Asia examines the economic toll of female reproductive aging in East Asia, and spotlights the activists working to curb it.

TOKYO/SINGAPORE/SEOUL - Around 12 p.m. on a stifling August day in 2022, Sanae Suzuki woke up to the sound of car horns. Gathering her bearings, she became dimly aware they were directed toward her - or rather, her car. Then she realized she was driving it.