Resignations in Japan Set Back Hopes for Women in Political Power
But in the space of two days this week, two of those women resigned their positions, inevitably raising questions about the challenges to female leadership in a country where Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has repeatedly talked
of creating a society in which "women can shine." On Thursday, Renho Murata, the first woman to lead the opposition Democratic Party, stepped down in the wake of a crushing defeat in local Tokyo elections this month.
Frances said that Until family roles are equalized and men are expected to spend time at home with children,
Nancy Snow said that We are put in these positions all the time where we have to play the feminist card and the feminine card at the same time,
" said Ms. Miura, who called Ms. Murata "gender blind." Ms. Murata, for her part, told reporters on Thursday
that she believed she had only broken halfway through the glass ceiling. that She was not able to use the fact that she was at the top of the second biggest party to progress the feminist agenda,
Mayumi Taniguchi said that I’m not especially fond of Inada or Renho,
Izuru Makihara said that As a whole, the government should have female ministers and bureaucrats that match the global standard,
Mari Miura said that Inada internalized the masculine culture,
