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699583
Tue, 06/03/2025 - 02:29
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JIJI
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Japan to Promote Startups by Women Nationwide

Tokyo, June 2 (Jiji Press)--The Japanese government will promote startups by women nationwide as it seeks to curb an outflow of women from rural areas, a draft package of measures for gender equality said Monday. 

 

The government will hold seminars and lectures based at regional gender equality centers set up by local governments.

 

The draft, released at Monday's meeting of the Council for Gender Equality, headed by Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi, will be formally adopted at a joint meeting including the government's Headquarters for the Promotion of Gender Equality by the end of June.

 

The draft refers to an urgent need to make rural areas more attractive places to women amid accelerating overconcentration in Tokyo.

 

Seeing fewer job prospects for women in the countryside as a problem, the central government will improve consulting systems for business startups in rural areas and help them establish networks with local economic associations and financial institutions.

 

The government will also take measures to prevent the harassment of female entrepreneurs and facilitate matching of companies with people with skills the companies want.

 

Japan plans to establish an independent administrative institution for gender equality within fiscal 2026. The new institution will have a database of experts to be sent for seminars at regional centers and will receive aid to be funded with state grants to local governments.

 

On the proposed selective dual surname system for married couples, under debate at the country's parliament, the draft said that the central government will keep working to expand the use of maiden names and publicize this.

 

Meanwhile, the government also compiled a draft plan to develop female human resources in technology fields, including intensive support measures to be implemented over three years. Specifically, courses on artificial intelligence will be added to the list of job skill improvement courses eligible for tuition subsidies under the employment insurance system.
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