THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
February 8, 2024 at 18:15 JST
Ryoko Akamatsu talks about her work to have more female legislators in politics, in Ranzan, Saitama Prefecture, in August 2014. (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
A trailblazing woman who dedicated her career to advancing the status of Japanese women in society and known as the “mother of the equal opportunity law” has died. [Read More]
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