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02/03/2020 GMT

Womenomics in Japan

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Japan faces a demographic time-bomb. Could the answer be Womenomics?

One of the toughest challenges for Japan’s economy is that its workforce is shrinking.  But Japanese investment analyst, Kathy Matsui had a remarkable idea: Womenomics.

One of the toughest challenges facing Japan’s economy is that its population is ageing rapidly and its workforce is shrinking dramatically.  But a Japanese investment analyst, Kathy Matsui, came up with a visionary idea to help her country, and she even invented a new word for it: Womenomics.  The answer, according to her, was to tap into the talent of half the population. Kathy Matsui speaks to Alejandra Martins. 

(Photo: Kathy Matsui. Courtesy of Goldman Sachs)

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