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Japan’s construction industry still rejects the idea of women actually working on the ground. There are still plenty of men who don’t want to take orders from women.

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Junko Komorita, chief executive of Zm’ken, a small contractor in southwestern Japan.,” Komorita said. Despite a labor shortage, Japan's construction industry has long stood out as among the unfriendliest to women.

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Can't say I've seen even a single female working in construction sites in my neck of the woods, in my over 20 years of me working in my manufacturing industry. Multiple companies I have worked for have hired construction crew to install new buildings on the job site, but no female electricians, etc.

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