The situation on gender issues may not be exactly the same in Germany and Japan, but the two countries have similar agendas; men and women must change their mentality to increase the number of female leaders, eight experts on gender issues from the two countries concluded.
The four Japanese and four Germans — a group of government officials, researchers and corporate executives — participated in the symposium "Promoting active roles of female leaders — situations and challenges in Japan and Germany," organized by the Keizai Koho Center in Tokyo on May 20.
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