About 150 years after it opened up to the rest of the world, Japan is one of the globe's most developed, prosperous and democratic countries. But in some ways it remains a place apart, especially when it comes to the role of women in leadership posts.
Opinion
Let's get real about female equality in corporate Japan
The government must push companies to set aside stereotypes and promote women
Japanese executives typically come from the time when elementary school children's backpacks were uniformly black for boys and red for girls.
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