For women, the American workplace still remains fraught with inequality. Issues like pay disparity, poor maternity leave policies, sexual harassment and unconscious bias are among the various ...

Professors Yoko Ishikura and Nobuko Nagase join Miki Tsusaka of the Boston Consulting Group and WSJ Chief Economics Commentator Greg Ip to discuss the impact of Japan's "womenomics" and lessons ...

Female passengers board a "Women Only" carriage at a metro station on in Tokyo, Japan. As Japan mulls how to reinvigorate its economy in the post-Shinzo Abe era, there’s an obvious place to start: ...

After 30 years in Japan, former Goldman Sachs vice chair Kathy Matsui, known for research that shifted government policy on women at work, is starting a venture fund that could help put some of her ...

The government has set up a female lumberjacks program, part of a wider effort to fuel growth after long-term stagnation. But critics say it does... Is 'Womenomics' The Answer To Japan's Economic Woes ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan will delay by up to a decade its target to raise the percentage of women in leadership posts to 30% - part of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's campaign to empower women - after ...

Came across an article through Twitter this morning about a new book, "Womenomics: Write Your Own Rules for Success." It sounds like an interesting read to me. It's all about the power women wield in ...

Under Japan’s women’s advancement strategy, dubbed “womenomics,” a record number of women joined the labor force to help fill the country’s chronic labor shortage and resuscitate the sluggish economy.

Yukiko Koyama kicked around Tokyo for a few years looking for the right job. For a while, she designed costumes for classical ballet dancers. But she longed to work in the great outdoors, and to find ...