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Career or Family: The Challenges Women Face in Japan

Japan's First Lady is addressing a crisis facing her country. Millions of highly educated Japanese women are not working, held back by a corporate culture that critics say heavily favors men. The prime minister and his wife Akie Abe are pushing "womenomics" - women in 30 percent of leadership roles by the 2020 Olympics. But promoting women into leadership positions is only half of the battle. The other half is keeping them in the work force. Working moms in Japan still face huge challenges in 2014, as some women say they feel forced to sacrifice their careers if they want to have children.

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