Japan - indirectly unequal

As the foreign media speculate - a bit over enthusiastically it sometimes seems - over the social problems caused in Japan by an aging population and young people being a bit slack, the government has realised getting women into the workforce may be the least worst alternative on offer.

While concern over 'NEETs' show the work ethic that has driven the economy is something people fret about, more from the New York Times..., the lowly position of women in the work place is something that laws can effect and is more acceptable than alternatives like increased immigration. As a recent Opinion piece noted, an office where 70% ofwomen leave when they have a baby can't be a very comfortable place to work for the men either more from the Asahi Shimbun...