Nikkei Asian Review (March 15)
“Japan Inc. still clings to outdated norms like seniority-based promotion and pay. Women still generally face more ‘non-regular’ job offers than full-time ones. Tokyo’s governance upgrades are no match for opaque practices that fueled false-data scandals at Kobe Steel, Mitsubishi Materials, Toray Industries and elsewhere.”
Tags: False-data, Governance, Japan Inc., Kobe Steel, Mitsubishi Materials, Norms, Outdated, Pay, Promotion, Scandals, Seniority, Toray Industries, Women
New York Times (July 29)
“Japanese women are not staying away from work because they can’t get ahead; only one in 10 working women say they want to be promoted to management because it would be hard to juggle housework with the long working hours associated with management.” This makes Prime Minister Abe’s task more challenging. First, he needs to convince women “that work, in and of itself, is a good thing.”
