the female employment rate increased, Japan still lags behind when it comes to women in leadership positions.
In 2022, 8.2 percent of the company presidents in Japan were female. The share of female company presidents in Japan is expected to rise gradually. In 2013, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe declared his commitment to create a "society in which women shine". While Female ratio among presidents of companies in Japan from 2013 to 2022
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Teikoku Databank. (November 22, 2022). Female ratio among presidents of companies in Japan from 2013 to 2022 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved October 01, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1165958/japan-share-of-female-presidents-of-companies/
Teikoku Databank. "Female ratio among presidents of companies in Japan from 2013 to 2022." Chart. November 22, 2022. Statista. Accessed October 01, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1165958/japan-share-of-female-presidents-of-companies/
Teikoku Databank. (2022). Female ratio among presidents of companies in Japan from 2013 to 2022. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: October 01, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1165958/japan-share-of-female-presidents-of-companies/
Teikoku Databank. "Female Ratio among Presidents of Companies in Japan from 2013 to 2022." Statista, Statista Inc., 22 Nov 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1165958/japan-share-of-female-presidents-of-companies/
Teikoku Databank, Female ratio among presidents of companies in Japan from 2013 to 2022 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1165958/japan-share-of-female-presidents-of-companies/ (last visited October 01, 2023)
Female ratio among presidents of companies in Japan from 2013 to 2022 [Graph], Teikoku Databank, November 22, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1165958/japan-share-of-female-presidents-of-companies/