test movement. i didn't think so many women would send me the photos. she's their motivator. all of us higher our lives must be the and she won't give up to watch the assignment for public took my brother hostage a few days ago. but at the trying to sign in the scene on the job, they won't be silent. starts june 3rd on dw, the this is the w use, a just coming up today is japan making progress? the long road to gender equality and japanese politics? i talk to a new female problem in treatment or about doing business with a whole lot of old men and participation targets for women in hub potty.

think it's an encouraging sign that we set the target and that's the target. but i also personally rank 30 percent to be quite low. i think we need to get to 50. and the end of the line of the 40 years on comes based on cats who is forced out of a job for the wing pressure from the aging. back to forward hates the been physical and welcome depend ranks top of the world on gender parity in educational achievement in politics. the country is almost from the bottom. japanese women hold just 10 percent of parliamentary states. their laws to change that at all levels, but no penalties. so little progress. hence, the debates about a strict contract in the business world depends. prime minister has ordered the government to start increasing the number of female executives in big companies to

30 percent or more by 20. 30 of 80 is part of a new generation of japanese politicians. she bought a seat in parliament last election as member of the building. they both democrats, a woman of we go origin, she advocates for diversity and gender equality in japan. i asked her what drew her to politics? i think so. i wish i had any then um and it's exactly what you mentioned. i was working on the nation's officers just a year ago. and within my work at the, when one of my jobs was do really track democracies within my portfolio and to really track diversity representation within the country. i was assigned to analyze for me with south asia. but i noticed during my time there that even in my whole country, japan where i believe we have an advanced democracy,

we still weren't seeing, you know, the phases of japanese people being represented at all. and it's not just gender, race, gender wise, only 25 percent of our upper house as women um, just about 10 percent of our lower houses, women and obviously are almost half of our population as long as agenda are, is a big issue. but also within the men that are being represented, we are extremely over represented by men who come from a specific generation with a specific economic background. japan already is a very diverse country. and when i say japan is diverse, it's a little different from how diversity might be viewed in the west. for example, um, just then we're seeing depends. i think so much more about, you know, the reasons you come from the life experiences you've had, the upgrade,

you've had the japan that you've experienced and the identities and skill sets and you know, career tracks that you represent and carry with you. and right now, you know, a lot of this well, of diversity here in japan. well, of the japanese people is not being represented. and i think the only way out is really for us to you know, encourage tendencies from diverse populations and not just, you know, audience that versus the like women or you know, jumping people with foreign backgrounds or multi backgrounds like myself. but japanese people who come from me all across our country and who come from all walks of like, and terry with them all kinds of skill sets and perspectives. so tell me how difficult or restrictive is it doing business with a whole lot of old man. how, how tough is it to break into that club? hey, i wasn't freeze it that way, but it is, you know, it is

a group that is over represented as i said, the by man of a specific age group. right. and also a specific timeline to come back out, but being within the l. d p. and having run into know the, the canada twice and now having been elected, i've been incredibly pleasantly surprised by how um, you know, and, and mislead, you know, unanimously shared this, this opinion is that we need more representation in our whole 6. i think one of the strengths of the l d p is that although we are represented by the older man, they do recognize that we need younger voices. they recognize that we need women's voice. um they and they recognize that our diversity is, are well and you know, they've been incredibly supportive and encouraging of my own tendency and might have here. and i very much look forward to learning from everybody other than the,

including the woman to the very few women who i very much for 2nd, the buyer being supportive and actually making sure that the system is changed to a 2 different things. so what about a quote, a system for female lawmakers? is that something that japan is going to need? seeing is it does rank lowest among the world's big economies on that front. you know, that's a really good point. i absolutely agree on the front that the support is supported is different from actually obtaining results in that sense. in the previous selection we had for the upper house last summer, they already have set a target to have 30 percent of the field. 30 percent of all candidates to be women. i think it's an encouraging sign that we set that target and met the target. but i also personally find 30 percent to be quite low. i think we need to get to safety and these kinds of targets i think within um the party i think is

necessary. but in terms of, um, quote us to fill in the spots. i would be a little more careful on that just because i believe that, you know, within our democracy the voters should have a choice of, you know, being able to vote for the candidates that they want to vote for regardless of the kind of gender or their identities, right, and in that sense, i think representation is important, but i'm a little careful while i'm studying what other losely. uh, when it comes to your career and politics. how, how would you like to see japan deal with china, for example, and it's oppression of week is considering a week of background. you know, thank you for the question. um, what is happening in the we will region and to that we were people not only in china but across the globe. and i say across the globe because even for we were to live, i grow i and they live with the grease of not being able to meet their families,

speak to their families and to live with this wretched under the threat of being surveilled and threatened to even abroad, and i truly truly believe that what is happening in the region today is one of the we just greatest human rights crises. the 1st time it is a test to all our democracies and to our partners who believe in values of democracy and human rights and kind of mental rights for all. and i definitely would like to see japan do more with with, with this issue. we outline human rights due diligence, a framework within our supply chain, both for 8 ports and exports. i think we need to make sure that just means exports are not being used, you know, for in paper of human rights violations. and i think we also need to make sure that we're not in sporting goods that are produced through forced labor for example. i think that japan, you know, because it is a country that even amongst

a g 7 i think, maintains the healthy relationships with asian countries. and middle eastern countries, um i think there's so much more that japan could do to be a bridge builder to be a negotiator, to be an in between the for my power. and i look forward to that developing, it wouldn't be, it would be incredibly wonderful if japan could establish the institutions or academic institutions within japan to preserve a way to a cultural heritage. and we are academia and that is especially under threat under the current the current situation. i hear you thank you so much for your take on all of those topics and good luck in your pursuit and you ok. thank you very much. thanks so much for having me. another blow to freedom of expression and independent media in hong kong and use paypal has asked

the city's most prominent political cartoonist, bowing to state pressure. one k kwan better known as when see had his last drawing published on sunday. but that's not going to model him. he says to question and challenge is part of the healthy society. budging of is to keep speaking out as well. with his pin and to shop, which one k kwan has been amusing and challenging rate is for the past 4 decades under the pin named song. so he's cartoons, have been a staple in the home. compress in 2023. a hostile market for political sets. ha ha . monitors or just i meant both or to apart from news reports, comics actually serve as a record of societies of motions. some late persons ideas or the thoughts of the massive sort of answer question. i believe this is something that should be done in

a healthy society and environment. your liking, setting by your tori. soon as a cartoons have gone is a huge following. they've tackled controversial topics including jon is taught in group on hong kong and beijing's correct download press freedoms. being town newspaper was the last mainstream media outlet to publish. as soon as the cartoons but editors, they decided to ex, the strip after a string of government complaints. do you want to go and make all the government the claims that content is not in line with the facts? of course, this is a method used by the authorities to them, but their main objective is not to target the comics. i've drawn the time, i could think of a page, i believe the reason for stopping them is that the government wants to minimize and suppress opposing voice. it's as much as possible during the game to sing them to

and they want to get rid of resistance when they influence their policies and focusing talk on see that there are problems here totally despite the narrowing space, but he's critical voice. the 67 year old says he weren't leave hong kong. all stop speaking out. you're so you're able to do this line of work is like being a firefighter. they only go places where there are fires, but they can't just rush to every single one. let me see what firefighters can't flee when they see a fire. so we should stay put in record are times you can go ahead and buy a home comfortable make a walks away in a rain storm. one k kuanz last publish cartoon fitting farewell to read is from now at least and before we go, the seasons only just begun bought a new break or it has already been said. from the dizzying heights of mount everest, 53 year old nipple leaves climb a company. rita made it to the summit on wednesday,

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