Quelle:  The Asia-Pacific Journal | Japan Focus Volume 19 | Issue 4 | Number 4 | Article ID 5540 | Feb 15, 2021
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Abe’s Womenomics Policy, 2013-2020:
Tokenism, Gradualism, or Failed Strategy?

Mark Crawford

Abstract:
Former Prime Minister Abe Shinzo left office with Japan’s “Womenomics” policy having fallen far short of its 2020 targets, and with its greatest achievement, the increase in female non-regular employment, largely reversed by the COVID-19 recession. Although significant initiatives have been undertaken in the provision of childcare, tax reform, and parental leave policy, elite opinions within the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, the government bureaucracy and the corporate sector militate against the mandatory regulations and political and social reforms that are still needed. These reforms are required because of the severity of Japan’s demographic and economic challenges, the limited political feasibility of mass immigration, and the deep structural inertia built into Japan’s employment system. ....

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