TOKYO (AFP): The first female head of Japan's largest trade union vowed on Friday (Oct 22) to fight workplace sexism in a country where women still face pressure to "become a good wife and a good mother".
Tomoko Yoshino, 55, said she felt a "great responsibility" to improve opportunities for women in Japan, which is ranked 120 out of 156 nations in the World Economic Forum's latest global gender gap report.
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