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We find out why the country Japan ranks so poorly in the World Economic Forum鈥檚 Gender Gap Index and hear about what鈥檚 being done to change things

From bottom-up initiatives to raise the next generation of female entrepreneurs and businesses leaders and to the work being done by one of the country鈥檚 top educational institutions as it tries to shake off its men鈥搊nly image.

And will the country鈥檚 first female prime minister be the catalyst for change?

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Produced and presented by Phoebe Amoroso

(Image: Yumiko Murakami, co-founder of the WPower fund, the first in Japan to focus solely on supporting female founders and women-empowerment businesses)