{
  "id": 7805859,
  "title": "Japan Ranks 117th in 2026 Global Gender Equality Rankings",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/japan-ranks-117th-in-2026-global-gender-equality-rankings",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-16T14:19:45.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Nippon.com News",
    "slug": "nippon-com-news",
    "url": "https://www.nippon.com/en/news/yjj2026091601114/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "London, Sept. 16 (Jiji Press)--Japan ranked 117th among 145 countries in the World Economic Forum's global gender equality rankings for 2026, the lowest among the Group of Seven major democracies, a WEF report showed Wednesday. Japan's ranking improved by one spot from 2025 with a score of 0.670, up from 0.666 in the previous year, where 1 indicates full gender parity. The WEF's gender gap ...",
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  "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."
}