"Many expected progress on policies related to women, but little visible progress has been made," said an Ochanomizu University professor.
Expectations among women for Japan’s first female prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, have turned into disappointment over the past year, Shin Ki-young, a professor at the Institute for Gender Studies at Ochanomizu University in Tokyo, said in a recent interview.
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