Japan’s modern period is generally traced back to the Meiji Restoration of 1868. The early decades of the Meiji period (1868–1912) were characterized by rapid Westernization, including social and economic reforms designed to bring Japan into the modern world. However, this did not result in significant changes in the legal status of women.
The Evolution of Japanese Women’s Status Throughout History and Modern Japan’s Question: Are Japanese Women ‘Empowered’ Today?
Women’s political rights were granted after the war in 1945. But the story of how they came to be deserves some attention. The main issue here is what Mire Koikari has called the “myth of American emancipation of Japanese women,” for this period has often been misunderstood.
The role of women in Japan, pre WWII. From the founding deity of the country, to being sold into indentured servitude, it's been quite the adventure into equality. Meet the movers and shakers as well as the surprising individuals who might oppose them. Watch for contributing articles and anecdotes on the Kawaii Study Japan blog, Facebook page, and Twitter!
A short video created for our Inter-cultural Communication project at UEA, exploring how gender roles and women were portrayed during World War II.
Comfort women were mainly women and girls forced into sexual slavery by the Imperial Japanese Army in occupied countries and territories before and during World War II, or who participated in the earlier program of voluntary prostitution.
A Case Study: Gender Equality in The Workplace in Post-War Japan and its Global Implications
The relationship of Japanese culture and cuteness has developed on several different level sin the country’s cultural environment. After defeat in World War II and post war recovery, Japan’s cultural proclivity toward dependence an indulgence seemed to lead the nation to conclude that its political and economic dependence on the United States was the key to success.