Women's Issues in Japan?

Question

I have to write about a single woman's issue in a single country for a paper, and I am going to write about a Japanese issue. I actually am not very knowledgable about women's issues (women's rights) in Japan, so I was wondering if anyone here could give me a list of some important modern women's issues in Japan. Now that I have this assignment, I'm very curious to learn about the issues.

Answer 1

Hi Rabbit Y.
I just found out an article related to this question.http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2005-07-28-japan-divorce_x.htm
. when it comes to women's issue, that includes single mother too.
We, in class has discussed this too because we are celebrating International Women's Week and how the women in the society has given the right to vote, etc. etc

Answer 2

I think these are the current important issues to women in Japan:
1. most do not want or putting off marriage
2. most do not want to have kids, birthrate is at its lowest
3. most women want to work than marry because once married most husbands would require them to stay home
4. there is a new law granting 1/2 of the husband's pension to wives after the divorce
5. women are still fighting for equality, especially equal pay at work
6. lots of businesses are catering to single women's needs these days
7.single women travel a lot and pamper their pets

Answer 3

you can mention problem of women losing their children especially girls because of the birth limit.

Answer 4

http://newton.uor.edu/Departments&Programs/AsianStudiesDept/japan-women.html