Shinzo: Gender Roles and Woes

shinzo: The scandal highlights broader problems facing Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's efforts to revive the economy, according to The Toronto Star. From stubborn gender roles to a hard-driving work culture to the ballooning health care needs of a rapidly aging society, many of Japan's most intractable woes were put on display at Tokyo Medical University. Yet in Japan, few expect anything to change any time soon. Tokyo Medical University acknowledged earlier this month it had manipulated test scores to ensure women remain a minority of its student body because it was concerned brutal work hours might prompt them to leave the workforce. Government data show they have a point Fewer than three-quarters of female doctors are working 12 years after qualifying as physicians, compared with almost 90 per cent of men. Ayaka Aizawa / The Associated Press file photo The university acknowledged earlier this month it had manipulated test scores to ensure women remain a minority of its student body because it was concerned brutal work hours might prompt them to leave the workforce. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.