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Japan female labor force participation hits record 66 pct

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Japan’s female labor force participation rate rose to 66.0 pct in 2016, the highest level since the country began taking the data in 1968, a government annual report said Friday.
Japan’s female labor force participation rate rose to 66.0 pct in 2016, the highest level since the country began taking the data in 1968, a government annual report said Friday.
The rate, which covers women in the working age between 15 and 64, increased by 7.2 percentage points over the 10 years through last year, according to the 2017 report on gender equality adopted at a cabinet meeting.
But women in the managerial positions accounted for only 13.

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