Some heads of nonprofit organizations and operators of small businesses demanded Tuesday that the new Cabinet make an effort to reflect the opinions of ordinary citizens.
Mieko Takahara, the editor of womanjapan.com -- a Web site for women -- said more female ministers should have been named.
"Women in this country are filled with anxiety over how to manage both having a job and bringing up children," said the 40-year-old editor. "The current society of Japan is not one in which women can have children without worry.
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