by carterjmrn | Sep 30, 2020 | Carter Group Viewpoints, Japan Mega Trends, Women Power
As we moved into 2020, there was much-justified optimism in Japan. In 2019 we had celebrated the enthronement of a new emperor and the promise of a new age to come, called ‘Reiwa’. Furthermore, 2020, with the hosting of the Olympic Games in Tokyo, was to be the year...
by carterjmrn | Nov 28, 2019 | Women Power
If a single word could sum up Japan’s gender role rigidity, it’d be kanai. It means “one who remains inside the home,” and is how many husbands here refer to their wives in public. In 2016, finally more Japanese men were for women working than against it...
by carterjmrn | May 21, 2019 | Carter Group Viewpoints
It really shouldn’t be this way, but the lives and careers of Japan’s highly educated and capable women are still dictated by how the country’s grey patriarchy thinks and acts. The World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Report for 2018 shows just how wide the gulf...