Japan's record number of women MPs still minority

Member of parliament in Japan was elected by people not by "quota"

Member of parliament in Japan was elected by people not by "quota"

The reality is that those elected are those who are put up as candidates, and for some reason the old men who pick the candidates chose men more frequently than they do women.

It sounds like they do have a quota - the quota being "mostly men".

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Why isn't progress a win?

The reality is that those elected are those who are put up as candidates

The reality is that those elected are able to get the funds necessary to pay for the application to enter the election.

candidates for the Lower House of the Diet have to deposit ¥3 million for a constituency seat and ¥6 million for a proportional seat.

This has a huge effect on who gets supported

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/10/26/business/candidate-deposit-requirement-guarantees-same-faces-on-the-ballot/

Oh and if they dont get 10% of the vote, they forfeit the "deposit" as well.

Some pay as much as 9,000,000 yen to enter both as a single constituency candidate and the proportional presentation as well

Well they’re very good at complaining, aren’t they!

Well they’re very good at complaining, aren’t they!

I'd say give them a chance as it seems to me the only reason things are in such a mess here in Japan is because of men.

They very same men who dont even control the purse strings of their own households.

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Former deputy prime minister Taro Aso this year called then-foreign minister Yoko Kamikawa a "rising star" but also described her as an "aunty" who was "not that beautiful".

Good luck to em. There's still a long road ahead for the ladies.

Woe betide any of them caught having an affair like that bloke yesterday. Ladies get crucified for it.

Women leaders are rare in politics but also in business in Japan, which ranked 118th of 146 in the 2024 World Economic Forum's Global Gender Gap report.

Yet, Japan is one of the richest countries in the world.

Have you ever heard of women starting wars? I'd say give them a chance as it seems to me the only reason things are in such a mess here in Japan is because of men.

You are more than welcome to vote for as many women as you like! Far be it from me to stop you or anyone from voting how they like!

RECORD NUMBER OF JAPANESE LADY MPs, changes are better in small steps to avoid confrontation? it is for the electorate to decide if it is good. same subject, how many lady docs in the hospitals... they have an equal vote.

More women in politics does not at all make a country richer or more happy or solve their demography issue. There is simply no connection or prove me wrong.

And to my knowledge Japanese women have equal rights as men, especially they vote.

I know more women than men who are not keen to show publicly and like keeping quiet. That is cultural and never prevented Japan from becoming a rich country.

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Still bleating about this? Change the record. You can't force a woman to go into politics if she doesn't want to.