BBC By Mariko Oi, 9th April 2021
Gender equality keeps making headlines in Japan for all the wrong reasons. Why is that and what will it take for things to change?
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A day after former Tokyo Olympics boss Yoshiro Mori made global headlines with his sexist comments, Momoko Nojo, 23, helped start a petition calling for action against him. “The aim wasn’t his resignation,” says Nojo, whose petition – co-created with 10 other women – took two days to collect 100,000 signatures. “I felt we needed to do something, because until now we, as a society, have accepted these kinds of comments.”
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Why Japan Can't Shake Sexism
