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Japan ranks 98th for female MPs

A record 18.8 percent of lawmakers around the world are women, an Inter-Parliamentary Union survey showed March 3. Japan ranked 98th at 11.3 percent with 54 of its 480 Lower House seats held by women. A year earlier, Japan placed 104th at 9.4 percent. Japan trails China, in 55th, North Korea, 78th, and South Korea, 82nd. The data represented the percentage of women in unicameral parliaments or in the lower houses of parliament. (Kyodo News)

Shukan ST: March 19, 2010

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National News Japan ranks 98th for female MPs A record 18.8 percent of lawmakers around the world are women, an Inter-Parliamentary Union survey showed March 3. Japan ranked 98th at 11.3 percent with 54 of its 480 Lower House seats held by women. A year earlier, Japan placed 104th at 9.4 percent. Japan trails China, in 55th, North Korea, 78th, and South Korea, 82nd. The data represented the percentage of women in unicameral parliaments or in the lower houses of parliament. (Kyodo News) Shukan ST: March 19, 2010 (C) All rights reserved