Japan LDP Lawmaker Rui Matsukawa discusses her outlook for Japan's wage negotiations and efforts on narrowing Japan's gender pay gap

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Japan gender pay gap remains large

Festival, give us an overview of what the situation is. How far away we are from potentially getting close to closing that wage Gap and how you hurt these wage. Negotiations might prioritize this. Hi, I think you are but forcibly. Let me see you healthy to see the first step of the your mom's house Korean organization taken place last night after the 12 years of the clock and responded to a question know that the Japan and Japanese Japan Japanese women and men's pea trees like 22% and let's say UK. Okay, so we still have a lot of ways to go. And the reason why there is a pig gender pay Gap is because Sophie seniority system, which is actually you are. Lychees is responding to how many is he working for the company? But we may do, you know, like we have to do, is to take off the time for the baby's way. We hear, you know, how the babies are so that we may not be 54 for this. Seniority system is not very much needed for the women to be promoted. So that's one thing. The other is Can always do have a least number of the women in the decision-making positions that backgrounds of the week and the government. You know, I asked you to make the company's two lies to you. Open the information security Bones on your report or their homepage, is the Big Apple free men and women are there in all the places. And the other thing is like to apply seat apparently for men, and I was also very much, a promotion, it has the right, feel a little way to go, but I think the Japanese at the turning points work, make these fundamental programs. What is, what is the easiest way? Was most effective way policy-wise to make sure that this level of me capitalism actually encompasses closing that pay Gap and getting brought a wages to raise High it because it's a lot of criticism that even women have returned to the workforce. Is women always says played out in that way. That this is really a big missing piece of the puzzle. No, there is not one of, you know, the solution to to change the situation. But I think the most important thing is, even though it takes time or or maybe more politically difficult, we have to change the, can you rekey system? Seniority system means you work with a wanker. Need some company for a long time and I do, you know who gets old and get more pain, but we have to change it to more basic system so that even the women take maternity leave, or I could taking over here is a few years for their kids, she can return to the position or the other companies, Lisa FEMA Mount or even hire the payment. Otherwise, it's just so difficult. Only for women, actually, and revitalizing the economy. I think he's very much about this program and then trying to change it in Japan. Now, how much is a keyword? How much support is there from society and Japanese culture itself to sort of get away from the seniority system because there's so much that the government can do without the public having a Spock. I think people do realize the program and I think I really feel like, you know, the title that change among the people is appealing to. And, you know, 4:30 as we being said in a lost, 30 years of Japanese economy and I'm Japanese people are very good people working. Why we haven't been able to develop? I think the system is something is wrong. And then I think people do realize that We're hearing from the Finance Minister shinichi Suzuki as we're speaking to you. Right now, he's saying the paisas Weighing on households that they need to respond to inflation with additional measures, how much have women in particular being hurt by Rising prices. You mentioned earlier how really into being left behind when it comes to closing the wage Gap and give them the women really have these part-time jobs, more than men do, as opposed to full-time jobs, that get all of the benefits. How much have they been hurt? I think the overall race racist, we supposedly for women, whose a large number of the women actually work in the part-time job. I think they will have a positive effect and also, if the Other increase. Love you also affecting the household households are in a lazy ass and so that we will have another opposing to be fixed with a. Show. I really hope that the way she was raised with you push and start the the good, you know, you know, The Reincarnation of the other account. Wait, we need to circulate call me, which has a positive. No spiralized rather than down. Gray, how important is Broad representation in the upper echelons of Japan Inc, because we still see that as part of Rarity. In fact, most recently, Toyota violating the new management structure and women conspicuously absent from the leadership lineup. How much is that is a ulcer, not helping when it comes to lifting, certainly more senior wages for women I'm sorry, I couldn't hear the first part. I'm sorry. Could you repeat it again? I was talking about better representation in leadership, roles for women in, in corporate positions and how much that would potentially help lift. The wage Gap is well. Oh I think it's a huge. You know, if the opposition in the senior position in the company's of Jose will be paid more in the average of the payment will be higher. So the number of the percentage of the position in the position of the women in the company's is still 7.7%, sure if that will be achieved. Definitely, there will be a closer Hotel. And if you do, so I think he needs to come to be president. So used to realize the importance of the women, being a position of omission making.

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