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Japan’s lower house election later this year is seen as a chance to address the gender gap in the country’s political representation. But even though a law aims to boost the number of female candidates, some parties haven’t set targets for the proportion of women they plan to support in the upcoming poll.
Japan’s poor record on gender equality was highlighted in this year’s World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Report. The country is ranked 147 out of 156 for women’s political empowerment. According to the Inter-Parliamentary Union, just 9.9 percent of the Diet’s lower house members are female, well below the 25.5 percent global average.
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Students in Japan urge support for Myanmar people A group of students in Japan has asked the country s government and lawmakers to support citizens of Myanmar protesting last month s military coup there.
The group on Thursday handed in a petition signed by some 38,300 people to the Foreign Ministry and a cross-party parliamentarians league supporting Myanmar s democracy movements.
The students study the Burmese language at the Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, and gathered the signatures online.
The petition asks Japan s government and Diet members to urge Myanmar s military authorities to immediately stop violent crackdowns on citizens joining peaceful protests against the coup.
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