Japan`s democracy is biased without women participation: LDP lawmaker
(WorldNews Japan)

A senior Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker has urged her party to squarely face the lack of female presence in Japanese politics, saying the country`s democracy will remain biased without a significantly higher number of women involved in decision-making at both the parliament and local assembly levels. Former Defense Minister Tomomi Inada, who has made no secret about her aim of becoming prime minister, asserted that women are hardly represented in the Diet even though...