80% of arts professors, awards judges in Japan are male: survey

At least 80 percent of fine arts professors at universities, and film and theater awards judges in Japan are male, according to a survey released Thursday by an arts organization, highlighting the gender imbalance in the field.An average of 73 percent of students in faculties of fine arts at 15 major art universities were female, while 87 percent of professors, 73 percent of associate professors and 72 percent of lecturers were male, according to the survey conducted by the Investigation Team for the Arts, which supports gender equality in the field.In the film industry, 80 percent of the j…READ FULL ARTICLE