Women account for record 37% of Japanese civil servant hires

Women accounted for a record 37 percent of civil servant hires in Japan in April, the minister in charge of civil service reform said Friday, achieving the government target for female representation in such posts.Taro Kono said in a press conference the ratio of women hired to start working as public servants on April 1 rose 0.2 points from the previous year. The government set a goal in December of last year to reach a hiring rate of 35 percent or more for women in the national public service sector.Kono said he is glad to see "highly skilled women aiming to become public servants," and v…READ FULL ARTICLE