SSJ Colleagues,

YCAPS is pleased to invite you to a panel discussion of women in the
Japanese workforce on 15 March. We hope to see many of you there.

Best regards,

John Bradford

President, Yokosuka Council on Asia-Pacific Studies

*Panel: Women and the Japanese Workforce*

*Date:*

Wednesday, March 15, 2017

*Time:*

7:15 p.m.- 8:30 p.m. (Reception from 6:30 p.m.- 7:15 p.m.)

*Venue:*

Sogo Fukushi Kaikan Hall, Research Room 2 (5th Floor)
〒238-0041 2-1, Honcho, Yokosuka-shi
神奈川横須賀市本町２−１

*Panelists: *

Teruko Wada - Senior Manager, International Affairs Bureau, Keidanren
(Japan Business Federation)
Noelle Takahashi - Women's Leadership Advocate
Mayu Tomozoe - Student, Meiji University School of Business
Administration

*Chair:*

*Admission:*

Annette Bradford, Asst Professor, Meiji University

Free. Open to public

*Language:*

English

*Co-sponsors:*

Institute of Contemporary Asian Studies, Japan–US Military Program

*RSVP:*

info@ycaps.org
* If you RSVP you are automatically registered. If possible, we ask you
to
RSVP but we always welcome participants even you do not RSVP.
Visit YCAPS.org
for
more information.

*Overview:*

At 66%, Japan’s female labor participation rate is at a 15-year high.
Yet,
in 2016, Japan slipped to 111 of 144 countries in the World Economic
Forum’s gender equality rankings, a fall of ten places since 2015.
Japan is
the lowest ranked among the Group of Seven major industrialized nations.
Among the reasons for this poor ranking is the role of women in public
life
and their status in professional and technical fields.

Start the evening by joining us anytime during the 6:30pm–7:15pm
reception
featuring a light meal, drinks and excellent conversation. Find seats at
7:15 for this YCAPS–JUMP Seminar.

*Speakers:*

Teruko Wada is currently in charge of US relations in the International
Affairs Bureau, Keidanren (the Japan Business Federation). She has
worked
for Keidanren for 20 years, engaging in various policy areas including
competition policy, corporate governance, consumer legislations,
financial
regulations, energy policy, and intellectual property. She graduated
from
Waseda U. (BA in Law); U. of Tokyo (LL.M); and, as a Fulbright Scholar,
Georgetown U. Law Center (LL.M).

Noelle Takahashi is a women's leadership advocate. Her focus and passion
is
to make a social change as a women’s political leader and her goal is
to
win the 2017 national election. In 2015, she graduated from the Women's
Campaign School at Yale Law School and the Wilson Center selected her to
the Women in Public Service Project at Mills College. She has served
with
various non-profit organizations, including the Red Cross.

Mayu Tomozoe is currently a third-year Business Administration student
at
Meiji University. She has studied Japanese Management, and has had a
study
abroad experience to study International management in Finland.

Annette Bradford is an Assistant Professor in the School of Business
Administration at Meiji University and adjunct fellow at the Institute
of
Contemporary Asian Studies. Her keen interest in enabling students to
become global citizens and promoting women’s leadership are reflected
in
her teaching, research, and work, including service as a co-founder of
the
TOMODACHI MetLife Women’s Leadership Program.