With "womenomics" often touted as a key policy of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, the government has been working to increase women's participation in the workforce, politics and other areas in recent years.
However, change has been slow in Japan, which ranked 114th in last year's Global Gender Gap Report published by the World Economic Forum.
Despite the odds in this male-dominated society, what can be done to empower women in Japan?
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