https://www.scmp.com/rss/512447/feed Nobuko Kobayashi is a partner and Asia-Pacific strategy execution leader at EY en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com In Japan, women make 77.5 cents for every dollar men earn when comparing median hourly pay for full-time work. Among advanced economies, Japan ranks second from last against an average of 87.2 cents, meaning in practice that Japanese women must work over a quarter of a year more than their male colleagues to earn the same pay. The gender pay gap lies at the heart of numerous societal concerns in Japan, ranging from the high poverty rate among elderly women to the low birth rate among the younger... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3176000/japan-needs-shine-light-gender-pay-gap-fight-inequality-work?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3176000/japan-needs-shine-light-gender-pay-gap-fight-inequality-work?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 02 May 2022 01:15:12 +0000