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06-19-2007, 03:02 PM
yahoo Japan boasts gender equality laws comparable to those in other industrialized nations but still lags behind in terms of women's social advancement, evident in the small number of female managers and legislators, a government report said Tuesday. The fiscal 2007 white paper on gender equality, approved by the Cabinet on Tuesday morning, studied the state of gender equality in 12 countries in Asia and Europe with a focus on balancing work and personal life. Read more... (http://asia.news.yahoo.com/070619/kyodo/d8pri53o1.html)