Quarter of women in Japan news industry see workplace as gender equal: poll

Just 26 percent of female employees in the Japanese news media industry say that their workplace is gender equal, compared to 40.7 of male respondents saying the same, results from a recent survey showed.The Japan Newspaper Publishers & Editors Association's poll on gender awareness and diversity revealed a gap in perceptions of fairness. The poll was conducted with the aim of improving the heavily male-dominated media industry.The survey was conducted from November to December and targeted approximately 36,000 people from 99 organizations including newspapers and news agencies, and garnere…READ FULL ARTICLE