Japan on course for 21st century - firms hiring more women.

[Mulboyne]

Women managers raise company profits and lure male job-seekers.

Asahi Shimbun 24/8/04: Women managers are bringing home the bacon for Japanese companies smart enough to hire them in droves. And that in turn is prompting male job-seekers to sign up with those firms.
That's the message from research conducted by the Japan Institute of Workers' Evolution and the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry.
Companies with a strong upswing in women managers had an impressive surge in sales and profitability compared to five years before, the research shows.
Some companies have doubled their hiring of women, from about 20 to 40 percent in some cases, to cash in on the trend. Not only are they hiring more women, they are changing the way they do business to retain
and promote those women.
...The fortunes of corporate women started to rise in part because of the dwindling birthrate and the realization that there weren't enough talented men to fill the ranks. [Doh!]
...Of the 100 sogoshoku recruits hired by Sumitomo this spring, 33 were women.
"We simply took all the talented applicants from the top of the list and ended up with these results,'' said Shinji Nakano, assistant general manager of human resources.
He added: ``There's been a marked change in our business structure. There are so many new businesses that require a kind of sensitivity. The birthrate is down, the labor force is shrinking. We will not be able to hire enough talented employees if we limit ourselves to men.''

[Skankster]

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Accolades to Japans good women managers.
I once worked for a matriarchal company.
It was run like a family. I still visit them today and enjoy their company.

Odd enough her husband was the accountant and was behind the scenes.
As with anybody... if the individual has enough drive...

Me. I have drive. I just need money/an appointment to prove it.
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[Mulboyne]

AP via Sun-Sentinel: Japanese shun women leaders
Sato has come a long way since then -- she's now on the board of directors at Hitachi Ltd., one of Japan's top electronics manufacturers. Sato is one of two female board members at the 27 Japanese companies that are members of Fortune's Global 200 list. The other is Sakie T. Fukushima, a board member at electronics and entertainment giant Sony Corp.
...A survey released in October by Corporate Women Directors International, a U.S. nonprofit organization that promotes the participation of women on global boards, found Japan ranked at the bottom of the list among nations with female board representation at Fortune Global 200 companies. The survey mentioned a third woman board member at Nippon Life Insurance Co. But Shigemi Kanamori, whose name sounds female, turned out to be a man.

[GuyJean]

The survey mentioned a third woman board member at Nippon Life Insurance Co. But Shigemi Kanamori, whose name sounds female, turned out to be a man.

GJ