Japan to appoint first female prosecutor general in July

The Japanese government decided Friday to appoint Naomi Unemoto, the 61-year-old top prosecutor of the Tokyo High Public Prosecutors Office, as the first female prosecutor general next month.The appointment as of July 9 will leave the Supreme Court as the only body of legal professions in Japan that has never had a female head since the Japan Federation of Bar Associations already has its first female president, Reiko Fuchigami, who was elected in April. Unemoto will replace 64-year-old Yukio Kai, who will retire."It is important to secure diversity in terms of female empowerment and in dec…READ FULL ARTICLE