Despite its highly educated female population, Japan is ranked 118th out of 146 in the 2024 World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap report and women leaders remain rare in Japanese business and politics.
However, the dean “expressed discomfort and told him that the woman’s job contract would be suspended at the end of March”, the Asahi said, citing the unidentified couple’s lawyer.
Miyazaki District Court confirmed the lawsuit was filed against the university and the dean last month.
The couple even chose to file for divorce in an attempt to keep their jobs in the university’s law faculty, according to local broadcaster UMK.
“I felt I had been demanded to choose between marriage and career,“ the woman said in television footage that did not show her face.
The couple are seeking the reinstatement of their former positions.
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