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As wages go up, Japanese women reckon with a vast pay gap

As Japanese companies offer wage raises, women in Japan hope to see a decrease in the gender pay gap, which is the worst among G7 nations.

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  • Japanese companies offer their heftiest wage raises in decades.
  • Women in Japan make around 78% of what men earn.
  • Lack of career advancement is a major contributor to the gender wage gap.
  • Only 9.4% of managers in Japan are women.
  • ESG investors find it difficult to engage with many Japanese companies on the issue.
As wages go up, Japanese women reckon with a vast pay gap
As Japanese companies offer their heftiest wage raises in decades, women in the world's third-largest economy are hoping it won't take as long to close the vast gap in pay with men.
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