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The main reason why gender equality in workplace is difficult to be implemented in Japan is that the counter plans, the policies and the legislations, are not designed according to women's expression of their will. Rather, they are more likely to be made according to male's assumption or guess about how women are thinking (or even how do they want Japanese women to think). This reflects the trouble in the communication between governors&law makers and the public as well as the urgency for the political representation of women

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Japan has been exceptionally strongly influenced by the norms about gendered division of labor. It is just rooted in their mind due to the educational and social impact that women should be in charge of family work (childcare+housework)while men should take responsibility as a breadwinner.
Educational revolution about gender might be necessary for the equality promotion. Take time but has a more profound impact.

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Helpful to quickly have a general idea of the development of gender roles in Japan

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[EVOLUTION OF GENDER ROLES IN JAPAN] - Medieval Japan

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In Japan, career women challenge cultural norms

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In Japan, career women challenge cultural norms

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what are the Japanese cultural norms that impeding Japanese women's career

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In Japan, career women challenge cultural norms

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This is a document downloaded from Asahi online News website. It is basically the transcription of Japanese women's discussions about Abe's "let the women shine" policies.
-Double work:housework+employment
-childcare
-policies introduced without any references or pre-research

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W05_金_輝く女性はアベノ妄想

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The article I'd like to share is in P8: 25 Years After the Enactment of the Equal Employment
Opportunity Law (EEOL): Online Access to Gender Equality
in Japan. It contains a thorough revision about past papers and data reflecting the Employment Opportunity Law's influence.

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I think its really interesting that the belief that women have to be housewives also has a large impact on men. As discussed in Ayako Kano's article, this puts on lots of pressure on husbands to earn enough money to support their wife and family and so a factor of the long hours Japanese people work and has an affect on them both physically and mentally in both the short run and the long run.

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I believe that Abe's policies will help scratch the surface of this issue but these gender norms are too deeply embedded in Japan's culture to actually change how people think. His policies do however help raise awareness of this issue in Japan and so could in the future be a contribution to changing Japan's attitudes towards women working after marriage and having children.

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The expected GDP I calculated only takes into account an increase in women working and does not take into account other economic factors such as inflation, an increase in consumption due to more women working, more income tax, etc., as doing these predictions are really complicated given the data that is available to the public in English.

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Glenn Hubbard, Anne Garnett, Philip Lewis, Tony O'Brien, “Macroeconomics 3”, (Pearson)

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Glenn Hubbard, Anne Garnett, Philip Lewis, Tony O'Brien, “Macroeconomics 3”, (Pearson)

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This is the textbook that we use is Macroeconomics 1 of which the formulas I used to calculate the expected GDP was from.

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This is really interesting in how he wants to increase consumption tax to fund more childcare in the hopes that this will enable more women to work. Some have however argued that he wont actually do this as he has been saying he will since his election. This also can link back to gender norms embeddin Japan's culture.

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This is a really interesting and relevant recent example of Japan's culture and how deeply this issue is embedded in culture. This ties greatly with Helen McNaughton's article in discussing regardless of what Abe does with Womenomics, this ideals of housewives are too invested in Japan's culture

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Ayako Kano, “The Future of Gender in Japan: Work/Life Balance and Relations Between the Sexes,” in Baldwin and Allison, Japan: The Precarious Future (2015), 87-109.
This article is really great in that it discusses and compares women compared to men and how its changing over time and its causes.

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Helen Macnaughtan, Womenomics for Japan: is the Abe policy for gendered employment viable in an era of precarity?, The Asia-Pacific Journal, Vol. 13, Issue 12, No. 1, March 30, 2015
This is a really great article that looks at both political and cultural aspects of Womenomics

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https://tradingeconomics.com/japan/gdp/forecast
This is a really great website as it has a range of data relating to Japan's economy and accurate forecasting of Japan's economy. The forecasts are obviously not 100% certain due to not knowing what the future holds but their methods of how they make the forecasts a really great (studied their forecasts in one of my statistical modeling courses).

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ellie writing in essay format because its all she knows :(((

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Female engagement in the Japanese economy

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I believe it would be excellent to include many sources of original data in our project. Perhaps this could take the form of graphs sourced from our own data collection?

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Considering that the Marvel Smartphone app needs to be between 30-60 pages long, I think it's reasonable for each of us to contribute 10 pages each. This way we will reach an excellent number whilst still being able to produce in-depth work.

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Sophia 1.3: Importance of Primary Sources

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Sophia 1.3: Importance of Primary Sources

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I think it would be really valuable if we engage critically with many primary sources, especially considering this topic affects so many women today.

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Sophia 3.2: Japanese Women on Gender Gap in Japan (Interview)

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Sophia 3.2: Japanese Women on Gender Gap in Japan (Interview)

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWcS_7JjO-4

A excellent primary source.

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Sophia 2.2: What Is Life Really Like For Women In Japan? Youtube

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Sophia 2.2: What Is Life Really Like For Women In Japan? Youtube

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSOLFPktj3E

A long, in depth investigation.

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Sophia 1.2: In Japan, career women challenge cultural norms Youtube

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Sophia 1.2: In Japan, career women challenge cultural norms Youtube

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6hDsBoDvsA

An interesting, Western perspective.

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Sophia 3: Japanese Company’s Cultural Shift for Gender Equality at Work

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Sophia 3: Japanese Company’s Cultural Shift for Gender Equality at Work

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https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/1226508X.2017.1393725?journalCode=rger20

I think this source would be particularly valuable as it contains an abundance of information about how companies are driving change within Japan. It examines the current situation from a business point of view, as opposed to personal experiences.

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Sophia 2: Evaluating Labor Force Participation of Women in Japan and Korea: Developments and Future Prospects

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Sophia 2: Evaluating Labor Force Participation of Women in Japan and Korea: Developments and Future Prospects

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https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/12259276.2017.1351589?src=recsys&journalCode=rajw20

This is an excellent article which contains plenty retrospective description about how changes have occurred within recent years.

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the World Economic Forum's (WEF) global ranking of the gender gap

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the World Economic Forum's (WEF) global ranking of the gender gap

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contains some very useful index showing the severity of gender gap in workplace in Japan
http://reports.weforum.org/global-gender-gap-report-2016/economies/#economy=JPN

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-Background knowledge
-Use a spreadsheet to calculate household contribution in terms of $$$
-hyperlinks to youtube videos/ videos
-Discussion forum/ Q&A

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A great article exposing the nature of Abe's "let the women shine" policy as for women to do double jobs rather than freely pursue their advanced career. Highlights the importance of women's political representation

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Womenomics, 'Equality' and Abe's Neo-liberal Strategy to Make Japanese Women Shine

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USYD Thesis: section 4 onwards most relevant to us probably

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USYD Thesis: section 4 onwards most relevant to us probably

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https://ses.library.usyd.edu.au/bitstream/2123/2164/1/Lillian%20Mai.pdf

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https://qz.com/1118211/the-success-of-womenomics-in-japan-masks-its-growing-gender-gap/

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I think this article is particularly relevant to us as it contains excellent and up to date data. Furthermore, it contains plenty of critical commentary. One downside is that it is from a Western publication, and therefore does not include some of the nuances provided by a Japanese or Eastern point of view.

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east asia forum: closing the gender gap in japan - focusing more on political participation but could still be interesting?

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east asia forum: closing the gender gap in japan - focusing more on political participation but could still be interesting?

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http://www.eastasiaforum.org/2016/08/01/closing-the-gender-gap-in-japan/

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scholarship source: womenomics and acrobatics

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scholarship source: womenomics and acrobatics

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https://www.researchgate.net/publication/323862478_Womenomics_and_Acrobatics_Why_Japanese_Feminists_Remain_Skeptical_about_Feminist_State_Policy

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Has some of the up-to-date outcomes and data concerning Japanese professional women's status as well as the societal pressures they are currently facing.

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a comparison between women executives in japan and romania

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the economist: japan's efforts to make it easier for women to work are faltering

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the economist: japan's efforts to make it easier for women to work are faltering

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https://www.economist.com/asia/2016/11/24/japans-efforts-to-make-it-easier-for-women-to-work-are-faltering

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-workplace
-education vs. jobs
-recent medical entrance school controversy !!
-politics - re election campaigns?
-nippon.com - resource