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  "id": 9529028,
  "title": "Japan’s gender gap isn’t where the rankings say it is",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/24/japans-gender-gap-isnt-where-the-rankings-say-it-is",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-09-24T04:59:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Japan Times",
    "slug": "japan-times",
    "url": "https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2026/09/24/japan/japans-gender-gap/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The telling number is what happens to a 29-year-old woman after her first child — and whether the door is still open when she is ready to return.",
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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."
}