( ) -q-26- UNDATED (Correspondent Jeremy House) “becomes prime minister.” Multiple women competing for a top political office is still rare in Japan. [CutID: <Cuts> JAPAN-FEMALES-GOVT-house-q-TUEpm.mp3 Time: 26s Title: JAPAN-FEMALES-GOVT-house-q-TUEpm Out-cue: becomes prime minister] TAG: Correspondent Jeremy House reporting. Experts say a huge effort is needed for equal representation. —————————— VERBATIM: Eight years after Yuriko […]
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Women gradually rise in Japanese politics but face deep challenges
( ) -q-26- UNDATED (Correspondent Jeremy House) “becomes prime minister.”
Multiple women competing for a top political office is still rare in Japan.
[CutID: <Cuts> JAPAN-FEMALES-GOVT-house-q-TUEpm.mp3
Time: 26s
Title: JAPAN-FEMALES-GOVT-house-q-TUEpm
Out-cue: becomes prime minister]
TAG: Correspondent Jeremy House reporting. Experts say a huge effort is needed for equal representation.
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VERBATIM: Eight years after Yuriko Koike (KOY keh) became the first female mayor of Tokyo, the country continues to have a terrible global gender-equality ranking. But Koike’s recent re-election highlights a gradual rise in powerful female officials and a society more open to gender balance in politics. Politics in Japan is still overwhelmingly dominated by men, even if a woman eventually becomes prime minister.