As of February 2024, around 10.3 percent of members in the Japanese House of Representatives were women. The House of Representatives is the lower house of the Japanese parliament, its members being newly elected in general elections every four years unless the cabinet dissolves the house earlier.
Percentage of female National Diet members in the House of Representatives in Japan from 1996 to 2024
Figures until 2021 are the number of members elected in the House of Representatives elections. Figures from 2024 are the number recorded as of February 1, 2024.
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Cabinet Office Japan. (March 22, 2024). Percentage of female National Diet members in the House of Representatives in Japan from 1996 to 2024 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1484057/japan-share-members-house-of-representatives-women/
Cabinet Office Japan. "Percentage of female National Diet members in the House of Representatives in Japan from 1996 to 2024." Chart. March 22, 2024. Statista. Accessed December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1484057/japan-share-members-house-of-representatives-women/
Cabinet Office Japan. (2024). Percentage of female National Diet members in the House of Representatives in Japan from 1996 to 2024. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1484057/japan-share-members-house-of-representatives-women/
Cabinet Office Japan. "Percentage of Female National Diet Members in The House of Representatives in Japan from 1996 to 2024." Statista, Statista Inc., 22 Mar 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1484057/japan-share-members-house-of-representatives-women/
Cabinet Office Japan, Percentage of female National Diet members in the House of Representatives in Japan from 1996 to 2024 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1484057/japan-share-members-house-of-representatives-women/ (last visited December 22, 2024)
Percentage of female National Diet members in the House of Representatives in Japan from 1996 to 2024 [Graph], Cabinet Office Japan, March 22, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1484057/japan-share-members-house-of-representatives-women/
