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What Will and Will Not Change in Japan: Part 2

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Post date March 16, 2021
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TOKYO, JAPAN - FEBRUARY 12: Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee President Yoshiro Mori speaks during the Tokyo 2020 Council and Executive Board meeting on February 12, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. Mori resigned his post after being condemned for making sexist remarks. (Photo by Yoshikazu Tsuno - Pool /Getty Images)

A developed but unequal country On Feb. 3, 2021, Tokyo Olympics Chief and former Prime Minister, Yoshiro Mori, stated at the Tokyo Olympics organizing committee meeting that women talk too much and board meetings with a lot of women take too much time. Mori made this statement while the committee was discussing the matter of […]

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What Will and Will Not Change in Japan: Part 1

Post author By Nina Nomura
Post date November 13, 2020
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Hope is high, but so is anxiety. On Sep. 16, 2020, Yoshihide Suga succeeded Shinzo Abe and became the 99th Prime Minister of Japan, after previously acting as Abe’s Chief Cabinet Secretary. Suga announced in his Cabinet decisions that his first priority is tackling the spread of COVID-19. As for his other policies, he claims […]