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Women’s Political Participation in Japan 

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Women’s Political Participation in Japan 

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Women political participation

-Women voting rate

-Women politicant

-Importance of their role in politics

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Target user

women who are potentially or willing to participate in politics

Purpose

Provide Resources

Educational

Mentoring

Online forum

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Bibliography

"Moves Underway to Empower Women in Politics in Japan." 2022/07/07/.Jiji Press English News Service, 2022 Jul 07. https://virtual.anu.edu.au/login/?url=https://www.proquest.com/wire-feeds/moves-underway-empower-women-politics-japan/docview/2685705075/se-2.

Underrepresentation of women in politics in Japan: Continuing the weak voice in parliament

H. Elmacı

Японские исследования, 2023-06 (2), p.41-56

Women in politics in Japan: beyond housewife activism

Nakano, Lynne Y.

Asian anthropology, 2018-04, Vol.17 (2), p.71-84

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Basic application intro

Leading the user to think of the background

provide detailed background info

bring out arguemnts

shows how the app support our argument

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Lukyantseva, Polina. "The evolution of feminism in Japan: Issues of gender and the perception of Japanese women." Sexuality and Gender Studies Journal 1.1 (2023): 1-15.

Trinidad, Dennis, et al. "Women’s Participation in Japan’s Male-Dominated Political Arena."

Are voters less persuaded by female than by male politicians' statements? A survey experiment in Japan

Miwa, Hirofumi, Musashi Happo, and Kaho Odaka. "Are voters less persuaded by female than by male politicians’ statements? A survey experiment in Japan." Journal of Elections, Public Opinion and Parties 32.2 (2022): 429-438.

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Four influential female politicians in Japan

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Four influential female politicians in Japan

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Takako Doi

1. First ever female to lead a political party in Japan

2. First woman to become a speaker in the Lower House

3. Encourage women to take an active role in building up their status in the country's patriarchal society

4. Confronted the Ministry of Justice for ten years in order to grant the children of Japanese women who married foreigners a Japanese nationality

Murata Renho

1. First female leader of Japan's Democratic party

2. In the 2016 elections, she won in a landslide of 503 out of 849 votes

3. As the State Minister of Government Revitalisation, her responsibility was to address Japan's declining birth rate, civil service reform, and gender equality.

4. First person to become a politician with a different ethnicity

Koike Yuriko

1. Tokyo's first female governor after her predecessor

2. Former broadcaster

3. Used a new approach in Japan - governing through conviction rather than consensus

Inada Tomomi

1. Ruling LPD's policy research council chief

2. Second woman to hold the nation's top defense job

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Development of the feminist movement in Japan

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Development of the feminist movement in Japan

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After the Meiji Restoration in 1868, Western ideas of human rights spread throughout Japan. An almost century later, in 1919, the New Women's Organization emerged.

Ryosai Kenbo - ideologies that was forced to obey to be a good wife and wise mother

Hiratsuka and other feminists pointed out the need to leagalize divorce for women whose husbands were infected with STDs. Their attempts to change Japanese patriarchal society failed because Japanese culture was not ready for changes at the time

In1925, because of their vigorous activities, the following topics were brought up for discussion in Parliament - allowing women to vote and become candidates for local office.

The Equal Employment Opportunity Act was passed in 1985

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The gender gap issue was addressed by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on September 2013 in the Eighth Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations

Abe's administration made efforts in improving the situation in Japanese society through the so0called womenomics. "A society where all women can shine" targeting 30 percent of leadership positions being held by women

Firms releasing gender-related information in pursuant to the "Female Employment Promotion Legislation", that went into effect in April 2016

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Women could participate in politics, it only require more engagement from the public to acknoledge it