Many of you have been asking me to explore the topic of feminism and gender inequality
So today I spent most of the day with two women who are very qualified to talk about it
to kind of learn a little bit more about it and see if eventually we can make a longer video on this topic
Hi, I'm Ann Sado, I'm 3rd- generation Japanese-American
who has been living in Japan over 40 years
I started up Global Enhancement of Women's Executive Leadership
which became an NPO in 2004
This year, we started another NPO, Women help Women
My name's Monika and I came to Japan from Poland, to be a part of Young Leader's Program
and my independent study is to compare Japan and Poland in terms of Gender Equality
And back home, I work in the equality treatment office
It's a huge topic so there is no way we can talk about all of it in today's vlog
One of the things that seems really exciting for me though
that if Japan is to really move forward with gender equality, the time would be now
With the aging population, Japan is being forced to look at their resources
And one that isn't being truly realized, is women.
Gender equality was imposed by external force, basically force in Japan
Not understanding in the beginning what the concept is
It was not very well explained
Japanese women didn't have to go to work to for economic reasons
and I'm coming from Poland
Like for women in Poland, it was absolutely a must to go to work after the war
And now I think it's the perfect time to introduce, gender equality because of the demographic challenge
I know a lot of Japanese women, who are my age
they don't have families because of the working culture
and also, they don't even have time to meet anyone
The idea that they had to walk behind the shadow of the men
three steps behind
and this was a virtue that was taught before WWII
Men had to really work hard to grow the GDP
they had to have the support of the women at home to take care of them while they worked long hours
and now with the IT and many other options coming up
I think the society will start changing
I was just asked by the South Korean first female Minister, Myeong-sook Han,
to find a strong leader who could connect all the different women's organizations
I really don't see the right person yet
No, I see the right person, and you are
You should Global Summit of Women to Japan
I think by 2030, these will be quite different
So hopefully with the government acknowledging this, we can see a lot of changes coming in Japan in the future
Thank you so much, it was nice meeting you
Bye bye
It's been a long day with Ann and Monika
I'm excited to share that with you guys
I'm off to meet another group of YouTubers that do videos about Tokyo
It's a crew called DeepInJapan
They're making pretty cool videos so I'm excited to meet them
Yesterday I told you I'm going to get Charles from 2MinuteJapan
for the vlog and there he is
Hey, UwagaPies rock
You're funnny too
No, not really
And I'm also here with Reina from DeepInJapan
And we're gonna check out this place
The motto of this place is "Frog is Stranger than Fiction"
It's clear what they meant, right?
So this thing is a completely normal Japanese bar
We walked in
I was not expecting that
We ordered drinks
What just happened?
Only two pages are filled in
Then we had some nice food
What did you do? What did you do?
We get off work... ♪
The place is pretty international
She's excited
Kris
Hello
And as a customer you get to participate
Do you want be like me?
Come on, strike a pose
Even the bathroom is fun
The bathroom
It's recommended, if you wanna bring your parents to Japan
How is it?
Just a pretty normal Japanese izakaya
Bye bye
Bye bye!
I can't even describe this place