Japan’s powerful patriarchy often sidelines women. Fixing that won’t be easy

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Experts say some men of that generation carry beliefs that women are best left at home, or should attend meetings but remain silent. But Momoko Nojo, a Tokyo-based economics student, says those views have driven a generational wedge between the political gerontocracy and young people born in the 1990s, an era of economic stagnation dubbed … Read more

Japan’s powerful patriarchy often sidelines women. Fixing that won’t be easy

210304073611 01 generational divide japan super tease

Experts say some men of that generation carry beliefs that women are best left at home, or should attend meetings but remain silent. But Momoko Nojo, a Tokyo-based economics student, says those views have driven a generational wedge between the political gerontocracy and young people born in the 1990s, an era of economic stagnation dubbed … Read more