RIS ID
108008
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Abstract
Women in Japan voted and stood for office for the first time on 10 April 1946. It was the country's first postwar election and the first election after the Japanese government amended the Electoral Law to include women. Of the 79 female candidates, 39 were elected to Japan's national parliament, the Diet. Seventy years on, what is the state of gender relations in Japan? What issues now stimulate feminist campaigns and activism?
Publication Details
Mackie, V. (2016). Enduring debates: closing the gender gap in Japan. East Asia Forum Quarterly, 8 (2), 32-33.