The efforts in Japan are intended to overcome decades of unkept promises from political and business leaders to increase opportunities for Japanese women, who face some of the starkest inequality in the developed world
Naomi Koshi, left, and Kaoru Matsuzawa in their office in Tokyo, on Aug. 20, 2021. Koshi and Matsuzawa started a firm earlier this year to train women for board positions and match them with companies; Image: Shiho Fukada/The New York Times
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