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Kuiper, Hanna (2024)

What Measures are Japanese Companies taking towards Women’s Participation and Advancement in the Workplace?: The Eruboshi Certificate and Chiba Bank Ltd. -

Bachelor thesis | Japanstudies (BA)

Japan, despite being a developed economy, is well known for its persistent gender inequality in the workplace. Many women quit their jobs when they get married or become mothers, and they can usually not return to their previous job, so upon their return to the labor market, that is if they return, they tend to end up being placed in lower positions or doing low-paid part time work. Japanese policymakers over the last decades have recognized women’s bad position on the labor market as a problem, and have made multiple policies in an attempt to better women’s position. In this thesis I evaluate one of these policies, the Eruboshi certification, through the observation of Chiba Bank ltd. as a case study.

Working culture, workplace, gender, women, Japan

Author

Kuiper, Hanna

Faculty

Faculty of Humanities

Specialisation

Japanologie

Supervisors

Hanno Jentzsch

ECTS Credits

10

Language

en