As Japan struggles to address the gender inequality that blights its international reputation, former Prime Minister Taro Aso has highlighted how far the country has to go with sexist comments made publically about Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa.
Criticism has intensified against newspapers and TV stations over their long failure to adequately report on the suspected sexual abuse committed by Johnny Kitagawa, founder of influential talent agency Johnny & Associates Inc.
A new study has found that most judges and award winners in the art world in Japan are males, as are professors at art universities, while most of the students are females.