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Gender gap persists in Japan as women earn 74% as much as men

Sompo and Teijin among those working to scrap hurdles for female workers

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A train station concourse in Tokyo. Japan has relatively few women in managerial roles and in professions like medicine and law. © Reuters

YUKIKO AMANO, KYO KITAZUME and ERIKO SUNAYAMA, Nikkei staff writers
March 8, 2022 08:29 JST

TOKYO -- Japan is struggling to bridge its gender pay gap, with women in the country still making 74% as much as the men and remaining a minority in lucrative professions.

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