{
  "id": 6173318,
  "title": "More than Half of Japanese Companies Still Have No Female Executives",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/07/more-than-half-of-japanese-companies-still-have-no-female-executives",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-09-07T21:00:12.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Nippon.com",
    "slug": "nippon-com",
    "url": "https://www.nippon.com/en/japan-data/h02882/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "A recent survey conducted in Japan by Teikoku Databank has revealed that more than half of the country's companies still do not have any female executives. The survey, which encompassed 22,350 companies, found that the proportion of female managers increased by just 0.2 percentage points year-on-year to reach 11.3%. This progress, however, falls short of the government's goal of having at least 30% of leadership positions held by women in the 2020s.\n\nDespite the slight rise in female executive representation across all companies, 51.5% of companies still have all men in executive positions. Furthermore, only 14.2% of companies have female executives, indicating a significant gap between the current state and the government's target.\n\nLooking ahead, 29.6% of companies expect their proportion of female managers to increase, while 10.8% anticipate a rise in female executives. However, the percentage of companies expecting an increase in female managers is more than 40 percentage points higher for companies with over 1,000 employees. This disparity highlights the greater pressure faced by larger companies to make progress in this area.\n\nThe government has set a target for women to hold at least 30% of executive board positions at companies listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange's Prime Market by 2030. Consequently, 30.9% of listed companies expect their proportion of female executives to rise, a figure that is more than 20 percentage points higher than the overall average.\n\nPromoting female employee advancement has been a priority for many companies, with \"gender-neutral performance evaluations\" being the top measure mentioned by 64.2% of the surveyed companies. Other measures include \"gender-neutral job assignments and postings\" (53.8%) and \"promoting childcare and nursing care leave for women\" (34.0%). Interestingly, 20.0% of companies are also exploring the government-backed policy of \"promoting childcare and nursing care leave for men.\"",
  "summary": "A survey in Japan found that more than half of companies still have no female executives, and over 40% have no women in management at all.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}