According to a survey on women's equality conducted by Ipsos in 2019, around 23 percent of respondents in Japan voiced that women's participation in sports was one of the areas that helped achieving the most progress in terms of gender equality in the country. Despite the success in the implementation of professional leagues for female athletes, the Japanese sports community continues to stress the exclusion of women from male-only sports such as sumo wrestling.
Leading areas of progress in achieving equality between men and women according to Japanese people as of October 2019
Original question: "Which two or three of the following areas, if any, would you say have made most progress in achieving equality between men and women over the last 25 years?"
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Ipsos. (November 13, 2019). Leading areas of progress in achieving equality between men and women according to Japanese people as of October 2019 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 30, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1092569/japan-important-areas-progress-gender-equality/
Ipsos. "Leading areas of progress in achieving equality between men and women according to Japanese people as of October 2019." Chart. November 13, 2019. Statista. Accessed December 30, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1092569/japan-important-areas-progress-gender-equality/
Ipsos. (2019). Leading areas of progress in achieving equality between men and women according to Japanese people as of October 2019. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 30, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1092569/japan-important-areas-progress-gender-equality/
Ipsos. "Leading Areas of Progress in Achieving Equality between Men and Women According to Japanese People as of October 2019." Statista, Statista Inc., 13 Nov 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1092569/japan-important-areas-progress-gender-equality/
Ipsos, Leading areas of progress in achieving equality between men and women according to Japanese people as of October 2019 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1092569/japan-important-areas-progress-gender-equality/ (last visited December 30, 2024)
Leading areas of progress in achieving equality between men and women according to Japanese people as of October 2019 [Graph], Ipsos, November 13, 2019. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1092569/japan-important-areas-progress-gender-equality/