Gender equality vital for Japan's economic growth: U.K. envoy

Ambassador says more women executives, LGBTQ rights key to partnership

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Julia Longbottom, the U.K.'s ambassador to Japan, spoke to Nikkei Asia at the Nikko Natural Science Museum in Tochigi prefecture on June 24. (Photo by Alice French) 

ALICE FRENCH, Nikkei staff writer

NIKKO, Japan --The U.K.'s ambassador to Tokyo has called on Japan to increase female representation in business and politics in order to remain a "strong partner."

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