Just one in every 10 politicians in Japan's lower house is a woman
Japan came 165th out of 193 countries listed in the Inter-Parliamentary Union study. As of January 1, only 47 of Japan's 463 lower house lawmakers were women -- compared to a 24% global average and 19.6% average in Asia. In Japan's House of Councilors, or upper house, 50 of the 241 representatives -- 20% -- are women.Rwanda topped the IPU list, with women representing 61% of lower house seats. France ranked 16th with 39.7% and the United States was 78th with 23.5%.
" Last year, a law was passed encouraging political parties to set targets for gender parity. However, there are no incentives or penalties for parties which fail to do so.In the same year, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe appointed just one woman to his new cabinet -- by claiming she had the"presence of two or three women," according to local reports. Room for improvementAt local level, women comprised 17.2% of large municipal assemblies and 14.
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