Japan is pushing measures to close the gender gap in the nation 's workforce . Prime Minister Shinzo Abe : `` Women are Japan 's most underutilized resource '' Japanese women face strong cultural pressure to leave the workforce after having a child . The government has been trying to change this by offering incentives for companies that hire more female employees, and also providing training programs so they can better integrate them into their work force. Workforce parity `` could lift the asset level of Japanese GDP by as much as 14 % ''
Japan is pushing measures to close the gender gap in the nation 's workforce . Prime Minister Shinzo Abe : `` Women are Japan 's most underutilized resource '' Japanese women face strong cultural pressure to leave the workforce after having a child . Analyst : Workforce parity `` could lift the asset level of Japanese GDP by as much as 14 % ''