Japan's bid to raise female election candidates to 35% hard to achieve: survey

The Japanese government has a goal of raising the ratio of women running in national elections to 35 percent by 2025, but two-thirds of active female lawmakers think it will be hard to achieve, a recent Kyodo News survey showed.The pessimistic outlook came from 66 percent of the survey's respondents as many of them cited a stereotypical view in Japan that politics is men's business and the difficulty of balancing being a mother, wife and politician as two of the main reasons.Twenty-six percent of the respondents said the goal could be reached with concerted efforts by each political party.W…READ FULL ARTICLE