Latest items for Japan
March 31, 2026, 10:40 a.m.
Countries: Australia, Brazil, France, Germany, India, Japan, Mexico, Norway, Sweden, United Kingdom
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-3
“On the top end of the range are Norway, Australia, and Sweden, with 24% to 27% of their senior leadership teams made up of women. In the middle we have the United Kingdom at 18% and France at 13%. On the bottom end of the range are Brazil, Germany, and Mexico with 8% women (although Germany is increasing quickly after implementing quotas), and then India at 5% and Japan at 3%” (para 7).
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-3
“On the top end of the range are Norway, Australia, and Sweden, with 24% to 27% of their senior leadership teams made up of women. In the middle we have the United Kingdom at 18% and France at 13%. On the bottom end of the range are Brazil, Germany, and Mexico with 8% women (although Germany is increasing quickly after implementing quotas), and then India at 5% and Japan at 3%” (para 7).
March 13, 2026, 1:24 p.m.
Countries: Japan
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1
"Takaichi...has said she wants to raise awareness of women’s health and has spoken about her own experience of menopause" (Para 6). We can conclude from this information that women's health is not very commonly talked about (CODER COMMENT-JS).
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1
"Takaichi...has said she wants to raise awareness of women’s health and has spoken about her own experience of menopause" (Para 6). We can conclude from this information that women's health is not very commonly talked about (CODER COMMENT-JS).
March 13, 2026, 1:24 p.m.
Countries: Japan
Variables: LBHO-PRACTICE-2
"Takaichi’s immediate predecessor, Shigeru Ishiba, appointed two women to his cabinet but the record is five" (Para 5). We can conclude from this information that women are usually perceived negatively in office (CODER COMMENT-JS). "Others were optimistic that Takaichi’s appointment would lower the psychological barriers to women entering public life. 'There is great significance in Takaichi becoming prime minister, with a broader impact on society,' Naomi Koshi, who became Japan’s youngest female mayor in 2012 aged 36, told the Kyodo news agency" (Para 11). We can conclude from this information that women are usually perceived negatively in office (CODER COMMENT-JS).
Variables: LBHO-PRACTICE-2
"Takaichi’s immediate predecessor, Shigeru Ishiba, appointed two women to his cabinet but the record is five" (Para 5). We can conclude from this information that women are usually perceived negatively in office (CODER COMMENT-JS). "Others were optimistic that Takaichi’s appointment would lower the psychological barriers to women entering public life. 'There is great significance in Takaichi becoming prime minister, with a broader impact on society,' Naomi Koshi, who became Japan’s youngest female mayor in 2012 aged 36, told the Kyodo news agency" (Para 11). We can conclude from this information that women are usually perceived negatively in office (CODER COMMENT-JS).
March 13, 2026, 1:24 p.m.
Countries: Japan
Variables: LBHO-DATA-1
" Even though a record 73 women were elected in last year’s lower house elections, they still comprise only 15.7% of the chamber’s 465 MPs" (Para 12).
Variables: LBHO-DATA-1
" Even though a record 73 women were elected in last year’s lower house elections, they still comprise only 15.7% of the chamber’s 465 MPs" (Para 12).
March 13, 2026, 1:24 p.m.
Countries: Japan
Variables: IAD-LAW-1
"[C]alls for changes to succession laws to allow female members of the imperial household – which has few male heirs – to become reigning empresses" (Para 9). This suggests it is currently not allowed for women to inherit the imperial throne (CODER COMMENT-JS).
Variables: IAD-LAW-1
"[C]alls for changes to succession laws to allow female members of the imperial household – which has few male heirs – to become reigning empresses" (Para 9). This suggests it is currently not allowed for women to inherit the imperial throne (CODER COMMENT-JS).
March 13, 2026, 1:24 p.m.
Countries: Japan
Variables: GP-DATA-1
"Sanae Takaichi made history on Tuesday when she became Japan’s first female prime minister… she appointed just two women to her cabinet" (Para 1). There are 19 cabinet seats available (CODER COMMENT-JS). "Takaichi’s immediate predecessor, Shigeru Ishiba, appointed two women to his cabinet but the record is five, under Ishiba’s predecessor Fumio Kishida" (Para 5). "Others were optimistic that Takaichi’s appointment would lower the psychological barriers to women entering public life. 'There is great significance in Takaichi becoming prime minister, with a broader impact on society,' Naomi Koshi, who became Japan’s youngest female mayor in 2012 aged 36, told the Kyodo news agency" (Para 11).
Variables: GP-DATA-1
"Sanae Takaichi made history on Tuesday when she became Japan’s first female prime minister… she appointed just two women to her cabinet" (Para 1). There are 19 cabinet seats available (CODER COMMENT-JS). "Takaichi’s immediate predecessor, Shigeru Ishiba, appointed two women to his cabinet but the record is five, under Ishiba’s predecessor Fumio Kishida" (Para 5). "Others were optimistic that Takaichi’s appointment would lower the psychological barriers to women entering public life. 'There is great significance in Takaichi becoming prime minister, with a broader impact on society,' Naomi Koshi, who became Japan’s youngest female mayor in 2012 aged 36, told the Kyodo news agency" (Para 11).
March 13, 2026, 1:24 p.m.
Countries: Japan
Variables: GDI-DATA-1
"According to the World Economic Forum’s 2025 gender gap index, Japan ranked 118th out of 148 countries" (Para 13).
Variables: GDI-DATA-1
"According to the World Economic Forum’s 2025 gender gap index, Japan ranked 118th out of 148 countries" (Para 13).
March 13, 2026, 1:24 p.m.
Countries: Japan
Variables: DTCP-LAW-1
"calls for changes to succession laws to allow female members of the imperial household – which has few male heirs – to become reigning empresses" (Para 9).
Variables: DTCP-LAW-1
"calls for changes to succession laws to allow female members of the imperial household – which has few male heirs – to become reigning empresses" (Para 9).
March 13, 2026, 1:24 p.m.
Countries: Japan
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"Takaichi...has said she wants to raise awareness of women’s health and has spoken about her own experience of menopause" (Para 6).
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"Takaichi...has said she wants to raise awareness of women’s health and has spoken about her own experience of menopause" (Para 6).
March 13, 2026, 1:24 p.m.
Countries: Japan
Variables: CLCW-PRACTICE-1
"She opposes revising a 19th-century law requiring married couples to use the same surname, arguing that allowing women to retain their maiden names would chip away at traditional family values" (Para 8).
Variables: CLCW-PRACTICE-1
"She opposes revising a 19th-century law requiring married couples to use the same surname, arguing that allowing women to retain their maiden names would chip away at traditional family values" (Para 8).
March 13, 2026, 1:24 p.m.
Countries: Japan
Variables: CLCW-LAW-2
"She opposes revising a 19th-century law requiring married couples to use the same surname" (Para 8).
Variables: CLCW-LAW-2
"She opposes revising a 19th-century law requiring married couples to use the same surname" (Para 8).
Feb. 12, 2026, 3:52 a.m.
Countries: Azerbaijan, Cambodia, Croatia, Czech Republic, El Salvador, Germany, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Laos, Latvia, Lithuania, Malaysia, Maldives, Malta, Panama, Slovenia, Somalia, South Korea, Switzerland, Turkmenistan
Variables: DV-SCALE-1
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Variables: DV-SCALE-1
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Jan. 29, 2026, 9:44 p.m.
Countries: Albania, Armenia, Bahamas, Belarus, Belize, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Canada, Cape Verde, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Cyprus, Dominican Republic, East Timor, Ecuador, El Salvador, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, France, Greece, Guyana, Honduras, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Kazakhstan, Laos, Lithuania, Macedonia, Malta, Mauritius, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Venezuela, Vietnam
Variables: LO-SCALE-3
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Variables: LO-SCALE-3
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Jan. 29, 2026, 9:43 p.m.
Countries: Albania, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Canada, Cape Verde, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, East Timor, Ecuador, El Salvador, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, France, Gabon, Germany, Greece, Guyana, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, India, Ireland, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, Mauritius, Mexico, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Namibia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Suriname, Sweden, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Thailand, Trinidad/Tobago, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Vietnam, Zimbabwe
Variables: LO-SCALE-2
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Variables: LO-SCALE-2
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Jan. 29, 2026, 9:38 p.m.
Countries: Albania, Algeria, Argentina, Armenia, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belize, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Burma/Myanmar, Cambodia, Canada, Cape Verde, China, Colombia, Congo, Costa Rica, Cuba, Cyprus, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, East Timor, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, France, Greece, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Laos, Libya, Lithuania, Macedonia, Malaysia, Maldives, Malta, Mauritania, Mauritius, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Netherlands, Nicaragua, North Korea, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Somalia, South Korea, Spain, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen
Variables: LO-SCALE-1
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Variables: LO-SCALE-1
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Jan. 20, 2026, 1:13 a.m.
Countries: Albania, Barbados, Belize, Croatia, Ethiopia, Fiji, Guyana, Hungary, India, Israel, Japan, Kosovo, Laos, Mexico, Montenegro, Nepal, Portugal, Rwanda, Serbia, Taiwan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Zambia
Variables: ABO-SCALE-1
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Variables: ABO-SCALE-1
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Dec. 28, 2025, 9:06 a.m.
Countries: Japan
Variables: LRW-DATA-1
The chart in the UNODC Data Portal titled, "Violent Crime & Sexual Violence," shows that the rate of reported rapes in Japan in 2023 was 2.18 per 100,000 population, and the rate of reported sexual assaults was 4.90 per 100,000.
Variables: LRW-DATA-1
The chart in the UNODC Data Portal titled, "Violent Crime & Sexual Violence," shows that the rate of reported rapes in Japan in 2023 was 2.18 per 100,000 population, and the rate of reported sexual assaults was 4.90 per 100,000.
Dec. 10, 2025, 12:51 p.m.
Countries: Japan
Variables: DV-DATA-1
According to Annex 10, "National prevalence estimates of lifetime and past-12-months physical and/or sexual intimate partner violence against women aged 15-49 years, 2023" the average lifetime point estimate % for Japan in 2023 was 14.7%.
Variables: DV-DATA-1
According to Annex 10, "National prevalence estimates of lifetime and past-12-months physical and/or sexual intimate partner violence against women aged 15-49 years, 2023" the average lifetime point estimate % for Japan in 2023 was 14.7%.
Nov. 3, 2025, 1:49 p.m.
Countries: Japan
Variables: ABO-LAW-1
The Center for Reproductive Rights states that Japan's laws permit abortion under broad social or economic grounds. Abortion permitted in cases of rape. Spoousal authorization required.
Variables: ABO-LAW-1
The Center for Reproductive Rights states that Japan's laws permit abortion under broad social or economic grounds. Abortion permitted in cases of rape. Spoousal authorization required.
Oct. 17, 2025, 3:47 p.m.
Countries: Japan
Variables: IIP-LAW-2
"Grooming online and indecent assault on trains by strangers are taken seriously as crimes in Japan. But there’s an indifference to violence against women and girls perpetrated by people known to them. And these assaults are endemic" (para. 22-23).
Variables: IIP-LAW-2
"Grooming online and indecent assault on trains by strangers are taken seriously as crimes in Japan. But there’s an indifference to violence against women and girls perpetrated by people known to them. And these assaults are endemic" (para. 22-23).
Oct. 17, 2025, 3:47 p.m.
Countries: Japan
Variables: DV-DATA-1
"Research has found that national surveys have consistently documented that about “one in three women experience a violent act committed by their husband at least once in the course of their marriage” and that emotional abuse and neglect of children by a parent constitute the majority of child abuse cases" (para. 25). "Contrary to media narratives of shared commitment to recovery after disaster, sexual violence persists even then. Researchers discovered that after the tsunami and nuclear meltdown in Fukushima in 2011, women were subjected to sexual assault by men who were trading essential supplies in exchange for sex, in addition to a general increased incidence of domestic assault and rape"...more
Variables: DV-DATA-1
"Research has found that national surveys have consistently documented that about “one in three women experience a violent act committed by their husband at least once in the course of their marriage” and that emotional abuse and neglect of children by a parent constitute the majority of child abuse cases" (para. 25). "Contrary to media narratives of shared commitment to recovery after disaster, sexual violence persists even then. Researchers discovered that after the tsunami and nuclear meltdown in Fukushima in 2011, women were subjected to sexual assault by men who were trading essential supplies in exchange for sex, in addition to a general increased incidence of domestic assault and rape"...more
Oct. 17, 2025, 3:47 p.m.
Countries: Japan
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-2
"But for women and young girls, Japan has never been safe. Unwanted sexual touching on public transport has been experienced at least once by 48.7 per cent of women over 20, while as many as 70 per cent of younger women report being groped on trains. Both groping and the groper are known as chikan. After surveys found chikan had been experienced by so many women and girls, from 2000 transport companies introduced women-only carriages as a preventive measure. But chikan is nevertheless still a common occurrence" (para. 16-19)."In recent years, there’s been much anxiety about the vulnerability of children and young people online. Japan is one of Twitter’s fast-growing...more
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-2
"But for women and young girls, Japan has never been safe. Unwanted sexual touching on public transport has been experienced at least once by 48.7 per cent of women over 20, while as many as 70 per cent of younger women report being groped on trains. Both groping and the groper are known as chikan. After surveys found chikan had been experienced by so many women and girls, from 2000 transport companies introduced women-only carriages as a preventive measure. But chikan is nevertheless still a common occurrence" (para. 16-19)."In recent years, there’s been much anxiety about the vulnerability of children and young people online. Japan is one of Twitter’s fast-growing...more
Oct. 17, 2025, 3:47 p.m.
Countries: Japan
Variables: LRW-DATA-1
"Contrary to media narratives of shared commitment to recovery after disaster, sexual violence persists even then. Researchers discovered that after the tsunami and nuclear meltdown in Fukushima in 2011, women were subjected to sexual assault by men who were trading essential supplies in exchange for sex, in addition to a general increased incidence of domestic assault and rape" (para. 32-33).
Variables: LRW-DATA-1
"Contrary to media narratives of shared commitment to recovery after disaster, sexual violence persists even then. Researchers discovered that after the tsunami and nuclear meltdown in Fukushima in 2011, women were subjected to sexual assault by men who were trading essential supplies in exchange for sex, in addition to a general increased incidence of domestic assault and rape" (para. 32-33).
Oct. 17, 2025, 3:47 p.m.
Countries: Japan
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-1
"Those women who do report rape by a person or people known to them have not been met with supportive responses from police" (para. 26).
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-1
"Those women who do report rape by a person or people known to them have not been met with supportive responses from police" (para. 26).
Oct. 17, 2025, 3:47 p.m.
Countries: Japan
Variables: LRW-LAW-1
"Thanks to a legally embedded hierarchy in which the sexual assault of an intoxicated person is categorised as less serious than a stranger assault, Japanese law refers to this offence as ‘quasi-rape’" (para. 28).
Variables: LRW-LAW-1
"Thanks to a legally embedded hierarchy in which the sexual assault of an intoxicated person is categorised as less serious than a stranger assault, Japanese law refers to this offence as ‘quasi-rape’" (para. 28).
Oct. 17, 2025, 3:47 p.m.
Countries: Japan
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1
"Faced with [the police's] inaction, [Shiori Ito, a women who alleged an associate of then-Prime Minister Shinzo Abe had raped her] shared her story in the media, and eventually became the international face of the #MeToo movement in Japan" (para. 30).
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1
"Faced with [the police's] inaction, [Shiori Ito, a women who alleged an associate of then-Prime Minister Shinzo Abe had raped her] shared her story in the media, and eventually became the international face of the #MeToo movement in Japan" (para. 30).
Sept. 4, 2025, 12:23 p.m.
Countries: Algeria, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Canada, Cape Verde, Chile, Colombia, Comoros, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, East Timor, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, France, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kosovo, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malaysia, Maldives, Malta, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Palestine, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Trinidad/Tobago, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Variables: AFE-SCALE-1
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Variables: AFE-SCALE-1
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June 24, 2025, 9:07 a.m.
Countries: Japan
Variables: AFE-DATA-1
The gender parity index (GPI) for gross secondary school enrollment (i.e. the ratio of gross enrollment of girls to gross enrollment of boys at the secondary level) is 1. This number was found by using the World Bank's data for secondary school gross enrollment for girls and boys. As of 2022, the gross enrollment rate for females is 102% while the gross enrollment rate for males is 102%. (CEC2 - CODER COMMENT).
Variables: AFE-DATA-1
The gender parity index (GPI) for gross secondary school enrollment (i.e. the ratio of gross enrollment of girls to gross enrollment of boys at the secondary level) is 1. This number was found by using the World Bank's data for secondary school gross enrollment for girls and boys. As of 2022, the gross enrollment rate for females is 102% while the gross enrollment rate for males is 102%. (CEC2 - CODER COMMENT).
April 29, 2025, 2:34 p.m.
Countries: Japan
Variables: BR-DATA-1
"Japan's fertility rate has been declining for seven consecutive years to a record low of 1.26 births per woman in 2022" (par. 52).
Variables: BR-DATA-1
"Japan's fertility rate has been declining for seven consecutive years to a record low of 1.26 births per woman in 2022" (par. 52).
April 29, 2025, 2:34 p.m.
Countries: Japan
Variables: CRPLB-PRACTICE-1
"Japan's national health insurance does not cover pregnancy and childbirth-related costs including prenatal, delivery, or postpartum care. A survey earlier this year found that more than 70 per cent of women cited high child-rearing costs as the top reason for Japan's declining birth rate, and over 60 per cent said that responsibilities of raising a child are disproportionately placed on women" (par. 10-11). "On June 26, Japan made the long-awaited decision to trial making emergency contraceptives, commonly known as Plan B or the morning-after pill, available over-the-counter at some pharmacies" (par. 18). "The national healthcare insurance excludes everything on reproductive health, but they cover everything 'necessary' in health care' [Kazuko...more
Variables: CRPLB-PRACTICE-1
"Japan's national health insurance does not cover pregnancy and childbirth-related costs including prenatal, delivery, or postpartum care. A survey earlier this year found that more than 70 per cent of women cited high child-rearing costs as the top reason for Japan's declining birth rate, and over 60 per cent said that responsibilities of raising a child are disproportionately placed on women" (par. 10-11). "On June 26, Japan made the long-awaited decision to trial making emergency contraceptives, commonly known as Plan B or the morning-after pill, available over-the-counter at some pharmacies" (par. 18). "The national healthcare insurance excludes everything on reproductive health, but they cover everything 'necessary' in health care' [Kazuko...more