TOKYO: Japan's prime minister ordered his government on Thursday to begin work on increasing the number of women executives in major companies to 30 percent or more by 2030.

Women represented only 11.4 percent of executives in major listed companies in Japan in 2022, according to a Cabinet office survey, although the figure has been rising in recent years.

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