Choice has been a long time coming for Japan's working women.
During the war, women were forced to take jobs out of dire necessity. But in recent times, they've been able to pursue careers as a choice.
Despite improvements in working conditions made over the past 60 years, however, many working women still face difficulty realizing their full potential due to the society's fixed gender roles and new, less blatant, forms of discrimination that have emerged.
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