{"id":62544,"date":"2025-12-31T12:55:12","date_gmt":"2025-12-31T12:55:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/women-japanese-lawmakers-point-to-unique-shortage-toilets-for-them\/"},"modified":"2025-12-31T12:55:12","modified_gmt":"2025-12-31T12:55:12","slug":"women-japanese-lawmakers-point-to-unique-shortage-toilets-for-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/women-japanese-lawmakers-point-to-unique-shortage-toilets-for-them\/","title":{"rendered":"Women Japanese lawmakers point to unique shortage \u2014 toilets for them"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p><em>Tokyo<\/em> \u2014 Nearly 60 women lawmakers in Japan, including Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, have submitted a petition calling for more toilets in the parliament building to match their improved representation.<\/p>\n<p>Although the number of women politicians rose in the last election &#8212; and despite Takaichi <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/sanae-takaichi-elected-japan-first-female-prime-minister-ultraconservative\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">becoming the first female prime minister in October<\/a><\/span> &#8212; Japanese politics remains massively male-dominated. <\/p>\n<p>This is reflected by there being only one lavatory containing two cubicles near the Diet&#8217;s main plenary session hall for the 73 women elected to the lower house, according to the petition.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/12\/31\/b4a29b78-8241-4634-bf22-5bb570f0e4ff\/thumbnail\/620x413\/c99f7285eee87908cf045a11e04b301a\/gettyimages-2233861241.jpg#\" alt=\"Views of Tokyo Following Ishiba's Resignation \" height=\"413\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/12\/31\/b4a29b78-8241-4634-bf22-5bb570f0e4ff\/thumbnail\/620x413\/c99f7285eee87908cf045a11e04b301a\/gettyimages-2233861241.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/12\/31\/b4a29b78-8241-4634-bf22-5bb570f0e4ff\/thumbnail\/1240x826\/c744fd592963652d3845ee93c7997a96\/gettyimages-2233861241.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">The National Diet building in Tokyo in September 2025.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Kiyoshi Ota \/ Bloomberg via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;Before plenary sessions start, truly so many women lawmakers have to form long queues in front of the restroom,&#8221; said Yasuko Komiyama, from the opposition Constitutional Democratic Party. <\/p>\n<p>She was speaking after submitting the cross-party appeal signed by 58 women to Yasukazu Hamada, the chair of the lower house committee on rules and administration, earlier this month. <\/p>\n<p>The Diet building was finished in 1936, nearly a decade before women got the vote in December 1945 following Japan&#8217;s defeat in World War II. <\/p>\n<p>The entire lower house building has 12 men&#8217;s toilets with 67 stalls and nine women&#8217;s facilities with a total of 22 cubicles, according to the Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper. <\/p>\n<p>Japan ranked 118 out of 148 this year in the World Economic Forum&#8217;s Global Gender Gap Report. Women are also grossly under-represented in business and the media. <\/p>\n<p>In elections, women candidates say they often have to deal with sexist jibes, including being told that they should be at home looking after children. <\/p>\n<p>In the last election, in 2024, 73 women were elected to the 465-seat lower house &#8212; one has since left &#8212; up from 45 in the previous parliament. There are 74 women in the 248-seat upper house.  <\/p>\n<p>The government&#8217;s stated target is to have women occupy at least 30 percent of the legislative seats. <\/p>\n<p>Takaichi, an admirer of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, said before becoming premier that she wanted &#8220;Nordic&#8221; levels of gender balance in her cabinet. <\/p>\n<p>But, in the end, she appointed just two other women to her 19-strong cabinet. <\/p>\n<p>Takaichi, 64, has said she hopes to raise awareness about women&#8217;s health struggles and has spoken candidly about her own experience with menopause. <\/p>\n<p>But she is still seen as socially conservative. <\/p>\n<p>She opposes revising a 19th-century law requiring married couples to share the same surname and wants the imperial family to retain male-only succession. <\/p>\n<p>The increasing demand for women&#8217;s toilets can be seen as a sign of progress for Japan although it also reflects the nation&#8217;s failure to achieve 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