Women take record five Japan cabinet posts as equality lags | Isabel Reynolds

Five women feature in Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s new cabinet lineup, equaling a record, yet the influx may not point to a gender equality breakthrough in a country that struggles to appoint female leaders in most fields. Most prominent among the new appointments is Yoko Kamikawa, a veteran former Justice…

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