Japan is pushing measures to close the gender gap in the nation 's workforce . Yuki Honda joined Shiseido in 1989 . Prime Minister Daniel Abe : ` ` skills are Japan 's most underutilized resource '' Japanese women face strong cultural pressure to enter the workforce after having a child . Analyst : Workforce parity ` ` could lift the asset level of Japanese women by as much as 50 % ''
Japan is pushing measures to close the gender gap in the nation 's workforce . Prime Minister Daniel Abe : ` ` skills are Japan 's most underutilized resource '' Japanese women face strong cultural pressure to enter the workforce after having a child . Analyst : Workforce parity ` ` could lift the asset level of Japanese women by as much as 50 % ''