 |  | | | Equality in Japan | 11 Jan 2006 | | |
A new era for women?
With an imminent change in the law to allow Japan to have its first empress since the 18th century, a new record number of women MPs in Parliament and calls for measures to boost the employment prospects of women, do these events herald a new era for Japanese women?
Kuniko Inoguchi, the newly elected Minister of State for Gender Equality and Social Affairs in Japan , Dr Lola Martinez of the School of Oriental and African Studies in London , and Lynne Nakano of the Department of Japanese Studies, Chinese University of Hong Kong join Jenni Murray.
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