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Less than 10% of CEOs in Japan are women

By Jane R. Chase
August 25, 2020
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Economy Society

25 Aug 2020

More than 30 years have passed since the enactment of Japan’s Equal Employment Opportunity Act in 1986, but women still make up less than 10% of company presidents.

A study by Teikoku Databank found that out of 1.2 million Japanese companies, only 8.0% had female presidents as of April 30, 2020, the same level as the year before. There has been a slight increase over the decades, with the current level being 3.5 percentage points higher than in 1990, but still below 10%. Although the government has positioned the advancement of women as a central political objective, there have been few significant changes.

For newly appointed women presidents from May 2019 to April 2020, the most common age group was 80 or older at 12.1%, followed by 70 to 74 at 11.8% and 65 to 69 years old at 11.1%, so a large number were seniors. .

In the distribution of business sectors with significant female leadership, kindergartens occupy the first place, with women accounting for 42.9% of all company presidents, followed by cosmetics sales at 35.1%, salons beauty at 34.1%, social services for the elderly at 32.1% and education. suppliers at 30.4%. Figures show that female presidents are more active in family businesses, such as childcare and nursing, as well as sectors with high female clientele such as beauty care.

The university with the most female presidents among its graduates is Nihon University, which has 236, up 8 from the previous year.

Universities with the most female CEOs among alumni

Created by Nippon.com based on data from Teikoku Databank.

Newly appointed women presidents to key positions in the past year

Created by Nippon.com based on data from Teikoku Databank.

(Translated from Japanese. Banner photo: © Pixta.)

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